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Discharge 2023: Joint Undertakings
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
- 513
- Against
- 101
- Abstained
- 39
roll-call vote at 14:12 · 79% of votes cast were for the proposal for a discharge decision
Committee report by Michal Wiezik · Report A-10-2025-0056
AI:What this decision does
Parliament decided on discharge for several EU joint undertakings for the 2023 budget year, including Clean Aviation, Circular Bio-based Europe, Clean Hydrogen, and Europe's Rail.§1: source passage in the text§2: source passage in the text The decision grants discharge to the executive directors and approves the closure of accounts for these undertakings, meaning their spending was approved.§1: source passage in the text§2: source passage in the text Parliament also forwards its decisions to the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors for publication in the Official Journal.§1: source passage in the text§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: ESN; Divided: Patriots
- The Left For 38 for, 1 against, 1 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 48 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 121 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 69 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 171 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 58 for, 15 against, 3 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Divided 0 for, 55 against, 28 abstainedof 90
- ESN Against 0 for, 21 against, 0 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 8 for, 8 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
21 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (38 of 40). Against: 1, Abstained: 1
João Oliveira (Portugal, against), Marc Botenga (Belgium, abstained)
Renew voted for (69 of 70). Against: 1
Irena Joveva (Slovenia)
ECR voted for (58 of 76). Against: 15, Abstained: 3
Arkadiusz Mularczyk (Poland, against), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Dick Erixon (Sweden, against), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained)
13 more from ECR
Galato Alexandraki (Greece, abstained), Guillaume Peltier (France, against), Jaak Madison (Estonia, against), Jacek Ozdoba (Poland, against), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, against), Laurence Trochu (France, against), Maciej Wąsik (Poland, abstained), Marion Maréchal (France, against), Nicolas Bay (France, against), Piotr Müller (Poland, against), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland, against), Tobiasz Bocheński (Poland, against), Waldemar Buda (Poland, against)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 18 parts of the text voted on separately (13 adopted, 5 rejected).