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2026/2079(DEC) Discharge procedure First reading

Discharge 2025: General budget of the EU - Commission

Parliament checks how an EU institution or agency spent a past year’s budget and signs it off — or refuses to.

Where it stands: Referred to CONT (Budgetary Control) on 15 September 2026; no report yet.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 15 September 2026
  2. 2 Committee work
  3. 3 Tabled for plenary
  4. 4 Plenary vote
  5. 5 Parliament’s position
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
Olivier CHASTEL Renew
Shadow rapporteurs
Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ PPEMaria GRAPINI S&DTamás DEUTSCH PfECristian TERHEŞ ECRDaniel FREUND Verts/ALEPasquale TRIDICO The Left
For opinion
ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy BUDG — Budgets AFET — Foreign Affairs · rapporteur Hilde VAUTMANS RenewAGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Veronika VRECIONOVÁ ECRPECH — Fisheries JURI — Legal Affairs TRAN — Transport and Tourism · rapporteur Nils UŠAKOVS S&DSEDE — Security and Defence ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection INTA — International Trade EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs · rapporteur Romana TOMC PPEFEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality AFCO — Constitutional Affairs SANT — Public Health · rapporteur Kateřina KONEČNÁ NIREGI — Regional Development DEVE — Development · rapporteur Charles GOERENS RenewENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur Pierfrancesco MARAN S&DCULT — Culture and Education · rapporteur Hélder SOUSA SILVA PPELIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

Timeline

  1. Committee stage
  2. 15 September 2026 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), BUDG (Budgets), AFET (Foreign Affairs), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), PECH (Fisheries), JURI (Legal Affairs), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), SEDE (Security and Defence), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), INTA (International Trade), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), SANT (Public Health), REGI (Regional Development), DEVE (Development), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), CULT (Culture and Education), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) give an opinion.