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What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text
From · plenary report· 30 Mar 2026
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section I – European Parliament
To · adopted text· 29 Apr 2026
Discharge 2024: EU general budget - European Parliament
AI:What changed, in short
The adopted text removes calls for gender quotas and gender budgeting, and adds new requirements on ethics, health and safety, whistleblower protection, and lobbying.2345 It also drops a paragraph on the Ombudsman's recommendation and softens language on GEA transparency.67 The other changes are formal: updated title and a spacing fix.110
8 changes of substance · 2 formal · 0 of wording only
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+10 added · −10 removed · 4 changed paragraphs, packaging included.
Part 1 of 5: 1. PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION
Removed:1. PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION
Added:P10_TA(2026)0126
Removed:on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section I – European Parliament
Added:Discharge 2024: EU general budget - European Parliament
Removed:(2025/2146(DEC))
Added:Committee on Budgetary Control
Added:PE776.734
Added:1. European Parliament decision of 29 April 2026 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section I – European Parliament (2025/2146(DEC))
17 unchanged paragraphs
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024,
– having regard to the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2024 (COM(2025)0359 – C100146/2025),
– having regard to the report on budgetary and financial management for the financial year 2024, Section I – European Parliament,
– having regard to the Internal Auditor’s annual report for the financial year 2024,
– having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2024, together with the institutions’ replies,
– having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2024, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
– having regard to Article 314(10) and Article 318 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
– having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, and in particular Articles 260, 261 and 262 thereof,
– having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, and in particular Articles 266, 267 and 268 thereof,
– having regard to the Bureau decision of 10 December 2018 on the Internal Rules on the implementation of the European Parliament’s budget, and in particular Article 34 thereof,
– having regard to Rule 102 and Rule 106(3) of, and Annex V to, its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality,
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0081/2026),
1. Grants its President discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Parliament for the financial year 2024;
2. Sets out its observations in the resolution below;
3. Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution forming an integral part of it to the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).