Procedure

2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Economic and Social Committee

2024/2025(DEC)·10th term·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 dossier concerns the 2023 discharge for the general budget of the EU section relating to the European Economic and Social Committee. The amendments address the Committee's budget and carry-over of appropriations, remote attendance allowances, members' travel expenditure, cybersecurity spending, anti-fraud measures, conflicts of interest and a cooling-off period for former members, gender balance in senior management, the use of artificial intelligence, building policy, and climate-neutrality targets.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
10 Feb 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
Procedure completed

Amendments

distinct, in window

Members

tabled at least one

Committee(s)

10 Feb 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

5 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	For99%	For100%	consistent
S&D	For98%	For100%	consistent
Renew	For98%	For100%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For98%	For100%	consistent
ECR	For84%	For83%	consistent
The Left	For100%	For100%	consistent
Patriots	Against90%	Against76%	consistent
ESN	Against95%	Against91%	consistent
Non-attached	Against40%	For52%	Against → For

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 2 earlier votes
1. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 1 — text to be inserted after paragraph 4
  Official label: Après le § 4 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
  129 for494 against35 abstentions61 did not vote
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2. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 2 — text to be inserted after paragraph 4
  Official label: Après le § 4 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
  193 for444 against5 abstentions77 did not vote
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7 May 2025Rejected
On amendment 3 — text to be inserted after paragraph 9
Official label: Après le § 9 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
204 for451 against8 abstentions56 did not vote
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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 ↗
532 for120 against10 abstentions57 did not vote
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7 May 2025Main voteAdopted
On the proposed decision
Official label: Proposition de décision · what was voted ↗
538 for96 against27 abstentions58 did not vote
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