Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Agencies
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 24 March 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 10 April 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
- Monika HOHLMEIER PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Claudiu MANDA S&DVirginie JORON PfEDick ERIXON ECRGilles BOYER RenewErik MARQUARDT Verts/ALEJonas SJÖSTEDT The Left
- For opinion
- EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs · rapporteur Romana TOMC PPEPECH — Fisheries · rapporteur Giuseppe LUPO S&DIMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality · rapporteur Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE RenewCULT — Culture and Education ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur MEP #257122 S&DSANT — Public Health · rapporteur Kateřina KONEČNÁ NIAFET — Foreign Affairs ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs · rapporteur Evin INCIR S&DTRAN — Transport and Tourism · rapporteur Gheorghe FALCĂ PPE
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: Adds calls for stronger transparency, performance-based funding, and staffing reforms across agencies. Updates the Cedefop legal case with the Court of Justice ruling and adds criticism of no disciplinary action. Expands harassment prevention to include sexual harassment and adds a call for increased Eurojust staffing. The other changes are formal: headings updated with dates and procedural references, and a regulation number corrected. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report postpones discharge and account closure for nearly all agencies, changing decisions from granting to postponing. Adds new paragraphs on debt, transparency, staffing, cybersecurity, and fundamental rights, while removing older ones on similar topics. Updates paragraphs on specific agencies, adding calls for corrective actions, performance targets, and resource increases. Rewrites paragraphs on supervisory authorities and ECHA, changing stances on cost separation and conflict-of-interest measures. The other changes are formal or wording: updated titles, spelling, and rephrased sentences. see the changes →
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (TRAN),Opinion (SANT),Draft opinion (SANT),Draft opinion (PECH),Opinion (ENVI),Opinion (EMPL),Draft opinion (FEMM),Opinion (TRAN),Opinion (LIBE),Draft opinion (LIBE),Opinion (FEMM),Draft opinion (EMPL),Opinion (PECH),Draft opinion (ENVI)
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 475 Against 107 Abstained 71
Final vote — text as a whole at 14:11 · 73% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 86 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. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded4. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded5. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded6. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded7. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded8. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded9. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded10. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded11. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded12. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded13. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded14. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded15. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded16. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded17. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded18. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded19. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded20. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded21. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded22. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded23. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded24. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded25. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded26. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded27. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded28. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded29. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded30. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded31. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded32. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded33. Proposals for decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded34. Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 1 14:05 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 1 – Am 43Rejected35. Separate vote on paragraph 2RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded36. Separate vote on paragraph 2AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdopted38. Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 2 14:05 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 2 – Am 25Rejected39. Separate vote on paragraph 3RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejected41. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 11RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded42. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 11RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded43. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 11AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejected45. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 12RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded46. Separate vote on paragraph 13RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded47. Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 13 14:06 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 13 – Am 26RejectedRejected49. Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 19 14:07 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 19 – Am 27Rejected50. Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 19 14:07 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 19 – Am 28Rejected51. Separate vote on paragraph 20RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded52. Separate vote on paragraph 21RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded53. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 21RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded54. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 21RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejectedAdopted57. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 25RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejected59. Separate vote on paragraph 33RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded60. Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 33 14:08 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 33 – Am 46Rejected61. Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 33 14:08 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 33 – Am 47Rejected62. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 43RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded63. Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 43 14:08 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 43 – Am 15RejectedRejected65. Separate vote on paragraph 78Adoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded66. Separate vote on paragraph 80RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded67. Separate vote on paragraph 82RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded68. Separate vote on paragraph 87, after point viRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded69. Separate vote on paragraph 94RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded70. Separate vote on paragraph 95AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded71. Separate vote on paragraph 95AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded72. Separate vote on paragraph 101, after point iiiAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded73. Separate vote on paragraph 101, after point iiiAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded74. Separate vote on paragraph 101, after point iiiAdoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded75. Separate vote on paragraph 108Rejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded76. Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 110 14:10 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 110 – Am 20Rejected77. Separate vote on paragraph 118, point ivAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded78. Separate vote on paragraph 118, point ivAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded79. Separate vote on paragraph 122, after indent 3RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded80. Separate vote on paragraph 125RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded81. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 125RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded82. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 129RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded83. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 140Rejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded84. Separate vote on paragraph 148, point iiiAdoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded85. Separate vote on paragraph 148, after point iiiAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded86. Final vote — text as a whole 14:11 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – 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.
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Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 10 April 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 24 March 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 19 February 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.
- 28 January 2026 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 28 January 2026 EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 27 January 2026 FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 27 January 2026 SANT (Public Health) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 27 January 2026 TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 27 January 2026 PECH (Fisheries) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 20 January 2026 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; EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), PECH (Fisheries), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), CULT (Culture and Education), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), SANT (Public Health), AFET (Foreign Affairs), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), TRAN (Transport and Tourism) give an opinion.