Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent)., EU budget & funds
2022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and Council
Passed by a large majority
The budget decision was approved.
- For
- 431
- Against
- 131
- Abstained
- 83
roll-call vote at 13:13 · 67% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Jonas Sjöstedt · Report A-10-2024-0003
AI:What this decision does
Parliament refused to grant the Secretary-General of the Council discharge for the implementation of the 2022 budget of the European Council and the Council.§1: source passage in the text The spending was approved, meaning the discharge was granted. Parliament calls on the Council to cooperate in the discharge procedure and to follow up on its recommendations.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: Patriots, ESN; Abstained: ECR
- The Left For 37 for, 0 against, 4 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 48 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 117 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 138
- Renew For 70 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 156 for, 1 against, 12 abstainedof 196
- ECR Abstained 0 for, 13 against, 58 abstainedof 78
- Patriots Against 0 for, 82 against, 0 abstainedof 91
- ESN Against 0 for, 20 against, 1 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 3 for, 15 against, 8 abstainedof 30
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
31 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (37 of 41). Abstained: 4
Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus), João Oliveira (Portugal), Marc Botenga (Belgium), Rudi Kennes (Belgium)
EPP voted for (156 of 169). Against: 1, Abstained: 12
András Tivadar Kulja (Hungary, abstained), Branko Grims (Slovenia, abstained), Céline Imart (France, abstained), Christophe Gomart (France, abstained), Dóra Dávid (Hungary, abstained)
8 more from EPP
Eszter Lakos (Hungary, abstained), Gabriella Gerzsenyi (Hungary, abstained), Isabelle Le Callennec (France, abstained), Iuliu Winkler (Romania, against), Kinga Kollár (Hungary, abstained), Laurent Castillo (France, abstained), Nadine Morano (France, abstained), Zoltán Tarr (Hungary, abstained)
ECR abstained (58 of 71). Against: 13
Alexandr Vondra (Czechia), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden), Charlie Weimers (Sweden), Dick Erixon (Sweden), Guillaume Peltier (France)
8 more from ECR
Jaak Madison (Estonia), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark), Laurence Trochu (France), Marion Maréchal (France), Nicolas Bay (France), Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia)
ESN voted against (20 of 21). Abstained: 1
Petras Gražulis (Lithuania)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 parts of the text voted on separately (3 adopted).