2025/2157(DEC) Discharge procedure First reading

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Joint Undertakings

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 23 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
Csaba MOLNÁR S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
Kinga KOLLÁR PPETamás DEUTSCH PfEJoachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI ECRMichal WIEZIK RenewTerry REINTKE Verts/ALEYounous OMARJEE The Left
For opinion
TRAN — Transport and Tourism · rapporteur Gheorghe FALCĂ PPEITRE — Industry, Research and Energy SANT — Public Health REGI — Regional Development ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety

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) 16 December 2025⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0046/2026 23 March 2026⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA10-0137/2026 29 April 2026

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

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 TA10-0137/2026📄 Report A10-0046/2026
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 525 Against 104 Abstained 16

    Final vote on the motion for a resolution at 14:13 · 81% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 13 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 13 ballots in voting order
    1. Proposals for decisions
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    2. Proposals for decisions
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    Adopted
    3. Proposals for decisions
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    4. Proposals for decisions
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    5. Proposals for decisions
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    Adopted
    6. Proposals for decisions
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    7. Proposals for decisions
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    Adopted
    8. Proposals for decisions
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    9. Proposals for decisions
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    10. Proposals for decisions
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    11. Proposals for decisions
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
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    12. Proposals for decisions
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    13. Final vote on the motion for a resolution 14:13 A10-0046/2026 – Csaba Molnár – Motion for a resolution
    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. 23 March 2026 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0046/2026
  5. Committee stage
  6. 2 March 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  7. 28 January 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

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

    📄 Amendments in committee (CONT)
  8. 12 January 2026 TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (TRAN)
  9. 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)
  10. 9 September 2025 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; TRAN (Transport and Tourism), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), SANT (Public Health), REGI (Regional Development), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) give an opinion.