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: 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 23 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
- 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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: headings updated with dates and reference numbers, and spelling, punctuation, and spacing corrected. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Postpones discharge decisions and account closures for all twelve Joint Undertakings for financial year 2024. Adds calls for cybersecurity training, climate goals, and reduced reliance on in-kind contributions. Adds detailed concerns about budget execution rates and cash surpluses for several Joint Undertakings. Adds extensive paragraphs on ITER risks, governance, and Russia sanctions. Other changes are formal or wording: punctuation, terminology, and removal of 'the European' before 'Parliament'. see the changes →
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (TRAN),Opinion (TRAN)
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 an overwhelming majorityFor 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 →
Show all 13 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 decisionsAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — 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. Final vote on the motion for a resolution 14:13 A10-0046/2026 – Csaba Molnár – Motion for a resolutionAdopted - 28 April 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
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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.
- 12 January 2026 TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 16 December 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 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.