6 Budget & emergency funds ·decision 6 of 6 on Tuesday, 22 October 2024

2022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and Council

Committee report by Jonas Sjöstedt · voted 13:12–13:13

Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent).

Adopted by a large majority 431 for · 131 against · 83 abstained (67 % in favour) EU budget & funds Discharge & spending control

The vote ✦ In short Full text Procedure

What Parliament decided

Adopted Passed by a large majority

The budget decision was approved.

For 431 Against 131 Abstained 83

Final vote — text as a whole at 13:13 · 67% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

Who backed it

The Left ✓
Verts/ALE ✓
S&D ✓
Renew ✓
PPE ✓
ECR –
PfE ✗
ESN ✗
NI ✗

Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.

✦ What this vote decides · AI summary, based on the text voted on

Parliament refused to grant the Secretary-General of the Council discharge for the implementation of the 2022 budget of the European Council and the Council. The spending was approved, meaning the discharge was granted. Parliament calls on the Council to cooperate in the discharge procedure and to follow up on its recommendations.

How the vote unfolded · 5 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 parts of the text voted on separately (3 adopted).

Roll call requested by PfE · split votes by PfE.

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

All 5 ballots in voting order

1. Final vote Proposal for a decision

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

2. Separate vote on paragraph 14 13:12 A10-0003/2024 – Jonas Sjöstedt – § 14 requested by PfE

Adopted

3. Separate vote on paragraph 16 requested by PfE

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

4. Paragraph 16 — part 2 13:13 A10-0003/2024 – Jonas Sjöstedt – § 16/2 Part 2: ‘and therefore making it prone to blackmailing by Member States, especially those who fail to respect the rule of law.’ requested by PfE requested by PfE

Adopted

5. Final vote — text as a whole 13:13 A10-0003/2024 – Jonas Sjöstedt – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)

Adopted

Part of the sitting of Tuesday, 22 October 2024. The vote was taken on Report A-10-2024-0003 in procedure 2023/2131.

New here? How plenary voting works

A sitting: One day of voting in plenary. Each subject is a report, resolution, agreement or objection; they are grouped by kind of decision, and each group says what “adopted” means there.
The ballots: Members vote on amendments and on parts of the text first, then on the text as a whole. That final, decisive vote is the result shown at the top of each subject.
Who voted how: Only roll-call votes record each Member’s vote — open one for every name and the breakdown by group. A show of hands records the outcome only.
Document & procedure: Each subject rests on a document (a committee report, a motion, a Council or Commission text) and belongs to a procedure, the whole file that can span years.
Group badges: How most of a group voted: ✓ For · ✗ Against · – Abstained · ~ Split (no majority).

Codes in ballot labels

Am 27 — amendment 27
§ 5 — paragraph 5
§ 5/2, part 2 — a , taken in parts
Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
***I — ; *** — ; * —
Lapsed —
A10-… — committee report; B10-… — motion
RC-B10-… — joint motion of several groups

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