Procedure

Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council

2024/2021(DEC)·10th term·AFCO / CONT·DEC - Discharge procedure·CompletedProcedure completed

Subjects: 2023 discharge

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): BRUDZIŃSKI Joachim Stanisław (ECR)

Summary

This discharge dossier concerns the 2023 implementation of the EU general budget for the European Council and the Council. The amendments assert Parliament's prerogative to grant discharge under the Treaty, deplore the Council's continued refusal to cooperate with the discharge procedure for over a decade and the resulting harm to transparency and accountability, and debate unanimity voting, a Treaty revision and the Council's appointment of Court of Auditors members.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
12 Dec 2024 – 10 Sep 2025
Plenary vote — Adopted
7 May 2025 · On the proposed decision
Plenary vote — Adopted
7 May 2025 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
Plenary vote — Adopted
22 Oct 2025 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
Procedure completed

Amendments

distinct, in window

Members

tabled at least one

Committee(s)

12 Dec 2024 – 10 Sep 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

15 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

Where each group stood at the decisive votes

Group				Shift
EPP	For100%	For99%	For98%	consistent
S&D	For100%	For100%	For100%	consistent
Renew	For100%	For100%	For100%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For100%	For100%	For100%	consistent
ECR	For79%	For86%	Abstained83%	For → Abstained
The Left	For95%	For100%	For87%	consistent
Patriots	Against96%	Against61%	Against100%	consistent
ESN	Against95%	For95%	Against96%	consistent
Non-attached	Against38%	For77%	Against43%	consistent

Milestones are the votes that adopt or reject text (not every amendment vote) — the percentage is the share of the group’s Members behind that position. Click a column heading to open the vote below.

Show the 12 earlier votes
1. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 1 — paragraph 20
  Official label: § 20 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
  105 for430 against130 abstentions54 did not vote
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2. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 2 — text to be inserted after paragraph 20
  Official label: Après le § 20 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
  283 for358 against20 abstentions58 did not vote
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3. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 3 — text to be inserted after paragraph 22
  Official label: Après le § 22 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
  293 for352 against15 abstentions59 did not vote
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4. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 5 — text to be inserted after paragraph 22
  Official label: Après le § 22 - Am 5 · what was voted ↗
  246 for383 against20 abstentions70 did not vote
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5. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 7 — text to be inserted after paragraph 23
  Official label: Après le § 23 - Am 7 · what was voted ↗
  229 for400 against20 abstentions70 did not vote
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6. 7 May 2025Adopted
  On amendment 4 — paragraph 52
  Official label: § 52 - Am 4 · what was voted ↗
  379 for260 against22 abstentions58 did not vote
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7. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 8 — text to be inserted after paragraph 57
  Official label: Après le § 57 - Am 8 · what was voted ↗
  316 for327 against17 abstentions59 did not vote
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8. 7 May 2025Main voteAdopted
  On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
  Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
  526 for119 against20 abstentions54 did not vote
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9. 7 May 2025Main voteAdopted
  On the proposed decision
  Official label: Proposition de décision · what was voted ↗
  588 for62 against16 abstentions53 did not vote
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10. 22 Oct 2025Rejected
  On amendment 3 — text to be inserted after paragraph 15
  Official label: Après le § 15 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
  181 for451 against15 abstentions72 did not vote
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11. 22 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 17 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 17/2 · what was voted ↗
  445 for178 against17 abstentions79 did not vote
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12. 22 Oct 2025Adopted
  On amendment 1 — paragraph 16
  Official label: § 16 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
  461 for173 against16 abstentions69 did not vote
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22 Oct 2025Adopted
On amendment 2 (part 1 of a split vote) — text to be inserted after paragraph 16
Official label: Après le § 16 - Am 2/1 · what was voted ↗
459 for161 against28 abstentions71 did not vote
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22 Oct 2025Adopted
On amendment 2 (part 2 of a split vote) — text to be inserted after paragraph 16
Official label: Après le § 16 - Am 2/2 · what was voted ↗
334 for285 against15 abstentions85 did not vote
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22 Oct 2025Main voteAdopted
On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
441 for125 against73 abstentions80 did not vote
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