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Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office
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
- 481
- Against
- 157
- Abstained
- 24
roll-call vote at 13:53 · 73% of votes cast were for the proposal for a discharge decision
Committee report by Tomáš Zdechovský · Report A-10-2025-0051
AI:What this decision does
Parliament granted discharge to the Administrative Director of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office for implementing its 2023 budget, approving the spending.§1: source passage in the text It also approved the closure of the office’s accounts for the 2023 financial year.§2: source passage in the text The resolution accompanying the discharge welcomes the Court of Auditors’ positive opinion on the accounts and the legality of transactions.§3: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: ECR, Patriots, ESN
- The Left For 40 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 47 for, 1 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 Against 6 for, 63 against, 7 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Against 9 for, 67 against, 6 abstainedof 90
- ESN Against 0 for, 19 against, 3 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 12 for, 7 against, 7 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
33 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (40 of 41). Abstained: 1
João Oliveira (Portugal)
Greens voted for (47 of 48). Against: 1
Cristina Guarda (Italy)
ECR voted against (63 of 76). For: 6, Abstained: 7
Alexandr Vondra (Czechia, for), Aurelijus Veryga (Lithuania, abstained), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, abstained), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, abstained), Cristian Terheş (Romania, for)
8 more from ECR
Dick Erixon (Sweden, abstained), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, abstained), Kris van Dijck (Belgium, for), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, abstained), Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia, for), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland, for), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia, for)
Patriots voted against (67 of 82). For: 9, Abstained: 6
Auke Zijlstra (Netherlands, abstained), Enikő Győri (Hungary, for), Jana Nagyová (Czechia, for), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia, for), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia, for)
10 more from Patriots
Klara Dostalova (Czechia, for), Marieke Ehlers (Netherlands, abstained), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia, for), Ondřej Kovařík (Czechia, for), Rachel Blom (Netherlands, abstained), Sebastiaan Stöteler (Netherlands, abstained), Sebastian Kruis (Netherlands, abstained), Tiago Moreira De Sá (Portugal, for), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia, for), Ton Diepeveen (Netherlands, abstained)
ESN voted against (19 of 22). Abstained: 3
Petras Gražulis (Lithuania), Rada Laykova (Bulgaria), Stanislav Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 8 amendments (4 adopted, 4 rejected) and 13 parts of the text voted on separately (10 adopted, 3 rejected).