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11 Budget & emergency funds ·decision 11 of 27 on Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council

Committee report by Pasquale Tridico · voted 13:45–13:47

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

Adopted EU budget & fundsDischarge & spending controlAnnual budget
The vote✦ In shortFull textProcedure

What Parliament decided

Adopted Discharge decision adopted

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

Final vote — decided by show of hands; no counts were recorded.

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

The European Parliament voted on granting discharge for the 2024 EU general budget, Section II, covering the European Council and the Council. Parliament decided to postpone its decision on granting discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council, meaning the spending was not approved at this stage. Parliament set out its observations in a resolution and instructed its President to forward the decision to the European Council, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors.

How the vote unfolded · 16 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 amendments (2 rejected) and 12 parts of the text voted on separately (8 adopted, 4 rejected).

Roll calls requested by ECR, PfE · split votes by PPE (2) · separate votes by PPE, 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 16 ballots in voting order
1. Final vote Proposal for a decision
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
2. Separate vote on paragraph 28
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
3. Separate vote on paragraph 29 requested by PfE
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
4. Amendment 2 to paragraph 30 13:45 A10-0051/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – § 30 – Am 2 requested by PfE
Rejected
5. Amendment 6 to paragraph 30 13:45 A10-0051/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – § 30 – Am 6 requested by PfE, ECR
Rejected
6. Separate vote on paragraph 30 13:46 A10-0051/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – § 30 requested by PPE requested by PfE
Adopted
7. Separate vote on paragraph 39 requested by PPE
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
8. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 51
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
9. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 53
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
10. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 54
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
11. Paragraph 55 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘binding and enforceable’” requested by PPE
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
12. Paragraph 55 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “those words” requested by PPE
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
13. Paragraph 58 — part 1 of 3 Part 1: ‘Regrets the fact that the participation of the Member States’ Permanent Representatives in the mandatory transparency register, set up by the interinstitutional agreement of 20 May 2021 between Parliament, the Council and the Commission, is completely voluntary as the application of the conditionality principle is left to the discretion of each Member State’s Permanent Representation; notes that only a limited number of Member States and the Union institutions abide by the best practice of applying a mandatory broad-scope definition of lobbyist in their regulatory framework and insists that all Permanent Representations should take an active part in the mandatory transparency register before, during and after their Member State’s Council presidency;’ requested by PPE
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
14. Paragraph 58 — part 2 of 3 Part 2: ‘recalls Parliament’s position that Member State representatives who benefit directly from Union subsidies through the businesses they own should not be allowed to participate in policy or budgetary discussions and votes related to those subsidies;’ requested by PPE
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
15. Paragraph 58 — part 3 of 3 Part 3: ‘regrets that the Council does not fully use the mandatory transparency register or accept proposals to improve it; reiterates its call on the Council to refrain from engaging with unregistered lobbyists and to make sure that its senior officials, including Permanent Representatives and Heads of Delegation, publicly disclose their meetings with interest groups and lobbyists in a standardised transparency register, similar to the obligations imposed on Members of Parliament and the Commission;’ requested by PPE
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
16. Final vote — text as a whole 13:47 A10-0051/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
Adopted

Part of the sitting of Wednesday, 29 April 2026. The vote was taken on Report A-10-2026-0051 in procedure 2025/2147.

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
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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