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From · draft committee report· 18 Dec 2025

CONT-PR-778061

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section X – European External Action Service

To · plenary report· 26 Mar 2026

A-10-2026-0053

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section X – European External Action Service

AI:What changed, in short

The resolution now grants discharge for 2024 instead of postponing it, and adds numerous calls for audits, performance reviews, and transparency measures.1101229 It strengthens language on budgetary constraints, underfunding, and duty of care, and adds calls for better staff consultation and security.892122 It expands sections on FIMI, disinformation, and the EU Diplomatic Academy, including new paragraphs on AI safeguards and cybersecurity training.11122630 It updates figures and adds new paragraphs on coordination with Member States and communication visibility.4163339 The other changes are formal or wording: updated terminology, corrected percentages, and rephrased sentences.2356

21 changes of substance · 1 formal · 20 of wording only

Written by AI from the two texts only · read the changes before relying on it · 4 Sept 2026 · Report a problem

+45 added · −23 removed · 33 changed paragraphs, packaging included.

Part 1 of 4: 1. PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

1. PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

14 unchanged paragraphs

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section X – European External Action Service

(2025/2150(DEC))

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 – C100150/2025),

– having regard to the European External Action Service’s annual report to the discharge authority on internal audits carried out in 2024,

– having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on the implementation of the budget concerning 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 Articles 317, 318 and 319 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 59, 118 and 260 to 263 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 59, 118 and 266 to 269 thereof,

– having regard to Council decision 2010/427/EU of 26 July 2010 establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service, and in particular Article 8 thereof,

– having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs,

Changed:– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A100000/2026),(A10-0053/2026),

Change 1

Changed:1. Grants the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European External Action Service for the financial year 20242024;2. /Sets Postponesout its decision on granting the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy dischargeobservations in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European External Action Service for the financial yearresolution 2024;below;

Change 2

Removed: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 European External Action Service, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, the European Ombudsman and the European Data Protection Supervisor, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).