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Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council
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
- 441
- Against
- 125
- Abstained
- 73
roll-call vote at 14:58 · 69% of votes cast were for the proposal for a discharge decision
Committee report by Joachim Stanisław Brudziński · Report A-10-2025-0167
AI:What this decision does
Parliament refused to grant discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council for the implementation of the 2023 budget of the European Council and the Council.§1: source passage in the text The spending was approved, meaning the discharge was granted. Parliament set out its observations in a resolution and instructed its President to forward the decision to the European Council, the Council, the Commission and the 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; Against: Patriots, ESN; Abstained: ECR
- The Left For 34 for, 0 against, 5 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 49 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 116 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 71 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 164 for, 0 against, 3 abstainedof 193
- ECR Abstained 0 for, 11 against, 55 abstainedof 79
- Patriots Against 0 for, 80 against, 0 abstainedof 88
- ESN Against 0 for, 22 against, 1 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 7 for, 12 against, 9 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
20 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (34 of 39). Abstained: 5
Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus), João Oliveira (Portugal), Kathleen Funchion (Ireland), Lynn Boylan (Ireland), Marc Botenga (Belgium)
EPP voted for (164 of 167). Abstained: 3
David Casa (Malta), Nadine Morano (France), Peter Agius (Malta)
ECR abstained (55 of 66). Against: 11
Alexandr Vondra (Czechia), Bert-Jan Ruissen (Netherlands), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece), Geadis Geadi (Cyprus), Guillaume Peltier (France)
6 more from ECR
Jaak Madison (Estonia), Laurence Trochu (France), Marion Maréchal (France), Nicolas Bay (France), Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia)
ESN voted against (22 of 23). Abstained: 1
Petras Gražulis (Lithuania)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 amendments (3 adopted, 1 rejected) and 5 parts of the text voted on separately (2 adopted, 1 rejected, 2 lapsed).