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Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Auditors
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
- 630
- Against
- 16
- Abstained
- 16
roll-call vote at 13:44 · 95% of votes cast were for the proposal for a discharge decision
Committee report by Dick Erixon · Report A-10-2025-0047
AI:What this decision does
Parliament granted discharge to the Court of Auditors for implementing the EU general budget in 2023, approving the spending.§1: source passage in the text The decision covers the Court's own budget and includes observations in a resolution.§1: source passage in the text Parliament also instructed its President to forward the decision to the Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN
- The Left For 38 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 47 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 126 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 70 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 173 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 72 for, 2 against, 2 abstainedof 80
- Patriots For 67 for, 7 against, 8 abstainedof 90
- ESN For 19 for, 2 against, 1 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 18 for, 3 against, 5 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 39). Against: 1
Konstantinos Arvanitis (Greece)
Greens voted for (47 of 48). Against: 1
Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Denmark)
ECR voted for (72 of 76). Against: 2, Abstained: 2
Arkadiusz Mularczyk (Poland, against), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, abstained), Lara Magoni (Italy, against)
Patriots voted for (67 of 82). Against: 7, Abstained: 8
Auke Zijlstra (Netherlands, abstained), Barbara Bonte (Belgium, abstained), Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria, against), Georg Mayer (Austria, against), Gerald Hauser (Austria, against)
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Gerolf Annemans (Belgium, abstained), Harald Vilimsky (Austria, against), Petra Steger (Austria, against), Rachel Blom (Netherlands, abstained), Roman Haider (Austria, against), Sebastiaan Stöteler (Netherlands, abstained), Sebastian Kruis (Netherlands, abstained), Tom Vandendriessche (Belgium, abstained), Ton Diepeveen (Netherlands, abstained), Vilis Krištopans (Latvia, against)
ESN voted for (19 of 22). Against: 2, Abstained: 1
Ivan David (Czechia, abstained), Milan Mazurek (Slovakia, against), Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Hungary, against)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 amendments (2 rejected) and 12 parts of the text voted on separately (10 adopted, 2 rejected).