Discharge 2025: 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: 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
- Jacek PROTAS PPECsaba MOLNÁR S&DOndřej KNOTEK PfEMichal WIEZIK RenewTerry REINTKE Verts/ALEYounous OMARJEE The Left
- For opinion
- TRAN — Transport and Tourism · rapporteur Nils UŠAKOVS S&DREGI — Regional Development ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy SANT — Public Health 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.
Timeline
- Committee stage
- 15 September 2026 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; TRAN (Transport and Tourism), REGI (Regional Development), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), SANT (Public Health), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) give an opinion.