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5 Budget & emergency funds ·decision 5 of 8 on Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Discharge 2023: Agencies

Committee report by Erik Marquardt · voted 14:58–14:59

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

Adopted by a large majority 476 for · 99 against · 72 abstained (74 % in favour) EU budget & fundsDischarge & spending control
The vote✦ In shortFull textProcedure

What Parliament decided

Adopted Discharge decision adopted by a large majority

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

For 476 Against 99 Abstained 72

Final vote — text as a whole at 14:59 · 74% 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 ECR and ESN; PfE mostly abstained.

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

Parliament decided to grant discharge to the European Union Agency for Asylum for its 2023 budget, approving the spending. It also approved the closure of the agency's accounts for that financial year. Parliament calls on the agency and OLAF to make an anonymised summary of the OLAF report publicly available.

How the vote unfolded · 6 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 amendments (4 rejected).

Roll call requested by ESN.

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 6 ballots in voting order
1. Proposals for decisions
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
2. Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 6 14:58 A10-0169/2025 – Erik Marquardt – After § 6 – Am 2 requested by ESN
Rejected
3. Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 10 14:58 A10-0169/2025 – Erik Marquardt – After § 10 – Am 3 requested by ESN
Rejected
4. Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 15 14:59 A10-0169/2025 – Erik Marquardt – After § 15 – Am 4 requested by ESN
Rejected
5. Amendment 1 to recital A 14:59 A10-0169/2025 – Erik Marquardt – Recital A – Am 1 requested by ESN
Rejected
6. Final vote — text as a whole 14:59 A10-0169/2025 – Erik Marquardt – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
Adopted

Part of the sitting of Wednesday, 22 October 2025. The vote was taken on Report A-10-2025-0169 in procedure 2024/2030.

New here? How plenary voting works
A sitting
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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
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Document & procedure
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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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