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: Parliament adopted the text on 29 April 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

  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

Committee draft Draft report (CONT) 15 December 2025⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0056/2026 12 March 2026⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA10-0132/2026 29 April 2026

Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 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
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    2. Separate vote: after paragraph 16 After § 16
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    3. Separate vote: after paragraph 57 After § 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Committee stage
  7. 2 March 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  8. 27 January 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

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

    📄 Amendments in committee (CONT)
  9. 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)
  10. 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.