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2025/2152(DEC) Discharge procedure First reading

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Committee of the Regions

Parliament checks how an EU institution or agency spent a past year’s budget and signs it off — or refuses to.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 10 September 2026 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 9 September 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 2 March 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 12 March 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 29 April 2026
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
CONT — Budgetary Control
Rapporteur
Pasquale TRIDICO The Left
Shadow rapporteurs
Andrey KOVATCHEV PPECsaba MOLNÁR S&DOndřej KNOTEK PfEŞerban Dimitrie STURDZA ECRMichal WIEZIK Renew
For opinion
AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality AFCO — Constitutional Affairs ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy REGI — Regional Development SANT — Public Health IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection BUDG — Budgets PECH — Fisheries ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs INTA — International Trade TRAN — Transport and Tourism ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs CULT — Culture and Education DEVE — Development AFET — Foreign Affairs JURI — Legal Affairs SEDE — Security and Defence EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0132/2026 29 April 2026 ✦ Parliament grants discharge to the Committee of the Regions for the 2024 budget and sets out observations in a resolution.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0056/2026 12 March 2026 ✦ Parliament grants discharge to the Committee of the Regions for the 2024 budget and adopts a resolution with observations on its financial management, performance, and governance.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (CONT) 15 December 2025 ✦ This draft report proposes granting discharge to the Committee of the Regions for the 2024 budget, with observations in a resolution. It notes the Court of Auditors found no specific issues and the budget execution rate was high.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The only substantive change corrects the reported percentages of women and men employed by the Committee in 2024. The other changes are formal: updated title and date, and standardised references and punctuation. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The main change is that discharge is postponed instead of granted for 2024. Several new paragraphs call for stronger performance measurement, cost savings, and involvement in EU budget monitoring. New calls address gender balance, anti-fraud, AI ethics, and communication strategy. Other changes are formal or wording: updated references, punctuation, and rephrasing without altering substance. see the changes →

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 10 September 2026 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 29 April 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 29 April 2026 📄 Adopted text TA10-0132/2026📄 Report A10-0056/2026
    Adopted Adopted
    How the vote unfolded · 4 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 4 ballots in voting order
    1. Final vote Proposal for a decision
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    2. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 16
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    3. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 57
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    4. Final vote — text as a whole 13:58 A10-0056/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  5. 28 April 2026 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 28 April 2026 📄 Council / Commission text C10-0145/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0146/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0147/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0148/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0149/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0150/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0151/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0152/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0153/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0154/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0155/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0156/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0157/2025📄 Report A10-0046/2026📄 Report A10-0050/2026📄 Report A10-0051/2026📄 Report A10-0052/2026📄 Report A10-0053/2026📄 Report A10-0054/2026📄 Report A10-0055/2026📄 Report A10-0056/2026📄 Report A10-0057/2026📄 Report A10-0059/2026📄 Report A10-0081/2026📄 Report A10-0085/2026📄 Report A10-0087/2026
  6. 21 April – 22 April 2026 2 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    📄 Amendment 1📄 Amendment 2
  7. 12 March 2026 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0056/2026
  8. Committee stage
  9. 2 March 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  10. 27 January 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (CONT)
  11. 15 December 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (CONT)
  12. 9 September 2025 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), REGI (Regional Development), SANT (Public Health), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), BUDG (Budgets), PECH (Fisheries), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), INTA (International Trade), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), CULT (Culture and Education), DEVE (Development), AFET (Foreign Affairs), JURI (Legal Affairs), SEDE (Security and Defence), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) give an opinion.