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Discharge 2023: Agencies
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
- 473
- Against
- 120
- Abstained
- 64
roll-call vote at 14:00 · 72% of votes cast were for the proposal for a discharge decision
Committee report by Erik Marquardt · Report A-10-2025-0065
AI:What this decision does
Parliament granted discharge to the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for its 2023 budget, approving the closure of its accounts.§1: source passage in the text§2: source passage in the text It also granted discharge to the Agency for Support for BEREC, the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union, and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, approving their accounts.§3: source passage in the text§4: source passage in the text The decisions mean the spending of these agencies for 2023 was approved.
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: The Left; Abstained: ESN; Divided: Patriots
- The Left Against 0 for, 41 against, 0 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 35 for, 12 against, 2 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 115 for, 4 against, 2 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 70 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 168 for, 1 against, 1 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 58 for, 15 against, 3 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Divided 14 for, 39 against, 30 abstainedof 90
- ESN Abstained 1 for, 2 against, 19 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 12 for, 6 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
43 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
Greens voted for (35 of 49). Against: 12, Abstained: 2
Alice Kuhnke (Sweden, against), Ana Miranda Paz (Spain, against), Benedetta Scuderi (Italy, against), Cristina Guarda (Italy, against), David Cormand (France, against)
9 more from Greens
Diana Riba I Giner (Spain, abstained), Ignazio Roberto Marino (Italy, against), Isabella Lövin (Sweden, against), Jaume Asens Llodrà (Spain, against), Leoluca Orlando (Italy, against), Marie Toussaint (France, abstained), Mélissa Camara (France, against), Pär Holmgren (Sweden, against), Tilly Metz (Luxembourg, against)
S&D voted for (115 of 121). Against: 4, Abstained: 2
Cecilia Strada (Italy, against), Christophe Clergeau (France, abstained), Estelle Ceulemans (Belgium, against), Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (Poland, against), Marco Tarquinio (Italy, against)
1 more from S&D
Nora Mebarek (France, abstained)
EPP voted for (168 of 170). Against: 1, Abstained: 1
Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, abstained), Milan Zver (Slovenia, against)
ECR voted for (58 of 76). Against: 15, Abstained: 3
Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Dick Erixon (Sweden, against), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, against), Fernand Kartheiser (Luxembourg, abstained)
13 more from ECR
Galato Alexandraki (Greece, against), Geadis Geadi (Cyprus, abstained), Guillaume Peltier (France, against), Jaak Madison (Estonia, against), Jacek Ozdoba (Poland, against), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, abstained), Laurence Trochu (France, against), Maciej Wąsik (Poland, against), Marion Maréchal (France, against), Nicolas Bay (France, against), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland, against), Tobiasz Bocheński (Poland, against), Waldemar Buda (Poland, against)
ESN abstained (19 of 22). For: 1, Against: 2
Milan Mazurek (Slovakia, against), Sarah Knafo (France, against), Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Hungary, for)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 13 amendments (2 adopted, 11 rejected) and 59 parts of the text voted on separately (30 adopted, 29 rejected).