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10 Budget & emergency funds ·decision 10 of 20 on Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Ombudsman

Committee report by Joachim Stanisław Brudziński · voted 13:48–13:49

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

Adopted by an overwhelming majority 568 for · 54 against · 43 abstained (85 % in favour) EU budget & fundsDischarge & spending control
The vote✦ In shortFull textProcedure

What Parliament decided

Adopted Discharge decision adopted by an overwhelming majority

Parliament voted on its discharge decision for this budget; whether discharge was granted, refused or postponed is set out in the report.

For 568 Against 54 Abstained 43

Final vote at 13:48 · 85% 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, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE; ESN mostly abstained.

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

Parliament decided to grant discharge to the European Ombudsman for the implementation of its 2023 budget, approving the spending. The decision covers the EU general budget for 2023, Section VIII – European Ombudsman, and includes observations in a resolution. Parliament also forwards the decision to the Ombudsman, the Council, the Commission, and other EU bodies for publication.

How the vote unfolded · 4 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 1 part of the text voted on separately (1 rejected).

Roll calls requested by S&D, ECR.

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 4 ballots in voting order
1. Final vote 13:48 A10-0055/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – Proposal for a decision
Adopted
2. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 15
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
3. Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 47 13:48 A10-0055/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – After § 47 – Am 1 requested by ECR
Rejected
4. Final vote — text as a whole 13:49 A10-0055/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
Adopted

Part of the sitting of Wednesday, 7 May 2025. The vote was taken on Report A-10-2025-0055 in procedure 2024/2027.

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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