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Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service
Discharge decision adopted by a large majority
Parliament voted on its discharge decision for this budget; whether discharge was granted, refused or postponed is set out in the report.
On the proposal for a discharge decision:
- For
- 519
- Against
- 126
- Abstained
- 16
roll-call vote at 13:50 · 79% of votes cast were for the proposal for a discharge decision
Committee report by Joachim Stanisław Brudziński · Report A-10-2025-0069
AI:What this decision does
Parliament granted discharge to the European External Action Service for implementing the EU general budget in 2023, approving the spending.§1: source passage in the text The decision covers the Service's administrative budget, including its headquarters and delegations, and follows the Court of Auditors' annual report.§1: source passage in the text Parliament also adopted a resolution with observations, urging timely payments and better procurement practices.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: Patriots, ESN
- The Left For 38 for, 3 against, 0 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 48 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 125 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 70 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 172 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 61 for, 7 against, 7 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Against 0 for, 75 against, 7 abstainedof 90
- ESN Against 0 for, 22 against, 0 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 5 for, 19 against, 2 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
24 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (38 of 41). Against: 3
João Oliveira (Portugal), Marc Botenga (Belgium), Pernando Barrena Arza (Spain)
ECR voted for (61 of 75). Against: 7, Abstained: 7
Alexandr Vondra (Czechia, abstained), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Bert-Jan Ruissen (Netherlands, abstained), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Dick Erixon (Sweden, against)
9 more from ECR
Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, against), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, against), Guillaume Peltier (France, abstained), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, against), Laurence Trochu (France, abstained), Marion Maréchal (France, against), Nicolas Bay (France, abstained), Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia, abstained), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia, abstained)
Patriots voted against (75 of 82). Abstained: 7
Jana Nagyová (Czechia), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia), Klara Dostalova (Czechia), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia)
2 more from Patriots
Ondřej Kovařík (Czechia), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 5 amendments (5 rejected) and 14 parts of the text voted on separately (10 adopted, 4 rejected).