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5 Budget & emergency funds ·decision 5 of 20 on Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council

Committee report by Joachim Stanisław Brudziński · voted 13:41–13:42

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

Adopted by an overwhelming majority 588 for · 62 against · 16 abstained (88 % 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 588 Against 62 Abstained 16

Final vote at 13:41 · 88% 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, ECR and ESN; opposed by PfE.

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

Parliament adopted a decision on discharge for the 2023 EU general budget, Section II, covering the European Council and Council. The decision postpones granting discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council and includes observations in a resolution. Parliament calls on the Council to cooperate in the discharge procedure and to resume negotiations on a memorandum of understanding.

How the vote unfolded · 14 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 7 amendments (1 adopted, 6 rejected) and 5 parts of the text voted on separately (1 adopted, 4 rejected).

Roll calls requested by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D · separate 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 14 ballots in voting order
1. Final vote 13:41 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – Proposal for a decision
Adopted
2. Separate vote on paragraph 5
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
3. Separate vote on paragraph 18
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
4. Amendment 1 to paragraph 20 13:41 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – § 20 – Am 1 requested by The Left
Rejected
5. Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 20 13:41 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – After § 20 – Am 2 requested by The Left
Rejected
6. Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 22 13:41 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – After § 22 – Am 3 requested by The Left
Rejected
7. Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 22 13:41 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – After § 22 – Am 5 requested by S&D
Rejected
8. Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 23 13:42 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – After § 23 – Am 7 requested by Verts/ALE
Rejected
9. Separate vote on paragraph 24 requested by PfE
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
10. Separate vote on paragraph 41
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
11. Separate vote on paragraph 42
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
12. Amendment 4 to paragraph 52 13:42 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – § 52 – Am 4 requested by The Left
Adopted
13. Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 57 13:42 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – After § 57 – Am 8 requested by Verts/ALE
Rejected
14. Final vote — text as a whole 13:42 A10-0052/2025 – 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-10-2025-0052 in procedure 2024/2021.

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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