Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Public Prosecutors Office (the ‘EPPO’)
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.
- ✓ Referred to committee 9 September 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 2 March 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 25 March 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 29 April 2026
- ✓ 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 PPECsaba MOLNÁR S&DOndřej KNOTEK PfEŞerban Dimitrie STURDZA ECRGilles BOYER Renew
- 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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The only substantive change is the addition of '(EU)' before a regulation number in paragraph 54. Other changes are formal: updated headings with dates and references, corrected spacing in a decision number, and capitalization of 'Euratom'. One wording change rephrases a sentence without altering its meaning. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Postpones the discharge decision and closure of accounts for 2024. Adds calls for more resources, staffing, and better budgeting for the EPPO, citing workload statistics. Strengthens language on Hungary's non-participation and adds calls for action on RRF reporting and conflicts of competence. Adds calls for swift adoption of policies on conflicts of interest, whistleblowing, and support for training. Other changes are formal or wording: updated paragraph numbers, spelling corrections, and rephrasing. see the changes →
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (LIBE),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
- Outcome
- 10 September 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- Plenary stage
- 29 April 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 454 Against 161 Abstained 29
Final vote — text as a whole at 14:00 · 70% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 9 ballots in voting order
1. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 62RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 13:59 A10-0050/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – After § 63 – Am 2Rejected4. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 68RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded5. Separate vote on paragraph 105AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded6. Separate vote on paragraph 106AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded7. Separate vote on paragraph 107AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded8. Separate vote on paragraph 107AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded9. Final vote — text as a whole 14:00 A10-0050/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 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 - 25 March 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 2 March 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 28 January 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.
- 16 December 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 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.
- 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.