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Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union
Discharge decision adopted by an overwhelming 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
- 541
- Against
- 97
- Abstained
- 26
roll-call vote at 13:43 · 81% of votes cast were for the proposal for a discharge decision
Committee report by Cristian Terheş · Report A-10-2025-0050
AI:What this decision does
Parliament granted discharge to the Court of Justice of the European Union for implementing its 2023 budget, approving the spending.§1: source passage in the text The decision covers the Court's budget under the EU's general budget for that financial year.§1: source passage in the text Parliament also adopted a resolution with observations on the Court's financial management and operations.§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 40 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 48 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 128 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 68 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 173 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 64 for, 7 against, 5 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Against 0 for, 63 against, 19 abstainedof 90
- ESN Against 0 for, 22 against, 0 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 20 for, 5 against, 1 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
32 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)
ECR voted for (64 of 76). Against: 7, Abstained: 5
Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, abstained), Dick Erixon (Sweden, against), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, abstained)
7 more from ECR
Guillaume Peltier (France, against), Jaak Madison (Estonia, abstained), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, abstained), Laurence Trochu (France, against), Marion Maréchal (France, against), Nicolas Bay (France, against), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland, against)
Patriots voted against (63 of 82). Abstained: 19
Auke Zijlstra (Netherlands), Hermann Tertsch (Spain), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (Spain)
14 more from Patriots
Jorge Martín Frías (Spain), Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal (Spain), Klara Dostalova (Czechia), Margarita De La Pisa Carrión (Spain), Marieke Ehlers (Netherlands), Mireia Borrás Pabón (Spain), Nikola Bartůšek (Czechia), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia), Ondřej Kovařík (Czechia), Rachel Blom (Netherlands), Sebastiaan Stöteler (Netherlands), Sebastian Kruis (Netherlands), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia), Ton Diepeveen (Netherlands)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 amendments (2 adopted, 2 rejected) and 3 parts of the text voted on separately (1 adopted, 2 lapsed).