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2025/2154(DEC) Discharge procedure First reading

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Data Protection Supervisor

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 13 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
Caterina CHINNICI PPEJosé CEPEDA S&DOndřej KNOTEK PfEŞerban Dimitrie STURDZA ECR
For opinion
LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs · rapporteur Evin INCIR S&DJURI — Legal 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 TA10-0134/2026 29 April 2026 ✦ Parliament grants the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge for the 2024 budget and adopts a resolution with observations on budget management, performance, HR, ethics, digitalisation, and interinstitutional cooperation.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0057/2026 13 March 2026 ✦ Parliament grants the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge for the 2024 budget and sets out observations in a resolution covering budget management, performance, human resources, ethics, digitalisation, buildings, environment, interinstitutional cooperation and communication.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (CONT) 16 December 2025 ✦ This draft report concerns granting discharge to the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) for the 2024 budget. It proposes granting discharge and includes observations on the EDPS's budget, management, and performance.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: the resolution heading is updated with the adoption date and reference, and a year is corrected. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The decision on discharge is postponed, and several new calls and requests are added on missions, AI resources, complaint handling, and transparency. New paragraphs address IT staffing and open-source cloud solutions, while existing paragraphs add calls for balanced recruitment, anti-fraud measures, and EMAS timeline. Changes to wording on Russia's war and inspection details, plus additions on legal action and consultation with audited entities. Other changes are formal: renumbering, typo corrections, and terminology alignment. see the changes →

Committee opinions: Opinion (LIBE),Draft opinion (LIBE)

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 TA10-0134/2026📄 Report A10-0057/2026
    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. Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 20 13:59 A10-0057/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – After § 20 – Am 2
    Rejected
    3. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 23
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    4. Final vote — text as a whole 13:59 A10-0057/2026 – 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. 13 March 2026 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0057/2026
  7. Committee stage
  8. 2 March 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  9. 28 January 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

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

    📄 Amendments in committee (CONT)
  10. 16 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)
  11. 3 December 2025 LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (LIBE)
  12. 9 September 2025 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), JURI (Legal Affairs) give an opinion.