Discharge 2025: General budget of the EU - Court of Justice of the European Union
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.
- ✓ Referred to committee 15 September 2026
- 2 Committee work
- 3 Tabled for plenary
- 4 Plenary vote
- 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
- Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI ECR
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA PPECsaba MOLNÁR S&DRoman HAIDER PfEGilles BOYER RenewRasmus NORDQVIST Verts/ALEPasquale TRIDICO The Left
- For opinion
- ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety SANT — Public Health CULT — Culture and Education IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection PECH — Fisheries REGI — Regional Development ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs INTA — International Trade LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development JURI — Legal Affairs · rapporteur Ilhan KYUCHYUK RenewAFCO — Constitutional Affairs SEDE — Security and Defence TRAN — Transport and Tourism DEVE — Development AFET — Foreign Affairs BUDG — Budgets
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
Timeline
- Committee stage
- 15 September 2026 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), SANT (Public Health), CULT (Culture and Education), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), PECH (Fisheries), REGI (Regional Development), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), INTA (International Trade), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), JURI (Legal Affairs), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), SEDE (Security and Defence), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), DEVE (Development), AFET (Foreign Affairs), BUDG (Budgets) give an opinion.