15 Budget & emergency funds ·decision 15 of 27 on Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee

Committee report by Pasquale Tridico · voted at 13:57

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

Adopted EU budget & funds Discharge & spending control

The vote ✦ In short Full text Procedure

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

Parliament granted discharge to the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee for implementing its 2024 budget, approving the spending. The decision covers the Committee's budget under EU administrative spending, which the Court of Auditors found to be low risk with no specific issues. Parliament also adopted a resolution with observations, calling for continued improvements in financial governance and transparency.

How the vote unfolded · 5 ballots

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

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. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 14

— no individual positions recorded

Rejected

3. Separate vote on paragraph 22

— no individual positions recorded

Rejected

4. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 53

— no individual positions recorded

Rejected

5. Final vote — text as a whole 13:57 A10-0059/2026 – 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-10-2026-0059 in procedure 2025/2151.

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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: 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.
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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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