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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
- 476
- Against
- 99
- Abstained
- 72
roll-call vote at 14:59 · 74% of votes cast were for the proposal for a discharge decision
Committee report by Erik Marquardt · Report A-10-2025-0169
AI:What this decision does
Parliament decided to grant discharge to the European Union Agency for Asylum for its 2023 budget, approving the spending.§1: source passage in the text It also approved the closure of the agency's accounts for that financial year.§2: source passage in the text Parliament calls on the agency and OLAF to make an anonymised summary of the OLAF report publicly available.§3: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: ECR, ESN; Abstained: Patriots
- The Left For 39 for, 2 against, 0 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 48 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 117 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 71 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 168 for, 1 against, 3 abstainedof 193
- ECR Against 3 for, 63 against, 0 abstainedof 79
- Patriots Abstained 8 for, 6 against, 65 abstainedof 88
- ESN Against 3 for, 19 against, 1 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 19 for, 6 against, 3 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
29 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (39 of 41). Against: 2
Anthony Smith (France), Rima Hassan (France)
S&D voted for (117 of 118). Against: 1
Cristina Maestre (Spain)
Renew voted for (71 of 72). Against: 1
Sophie Wilmès (Belgium)
EPP voted for (168 of 172). Against: 1, Abstained: 3
Branko Grims (Slovenia, abstained), Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, abstained), Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz (Poland, against), Sander Smit (Netherlands, abstained)
ECR voted against (63 of 66). For: 3
Assita Kanko (Belgium), Johan van Overtveldt (Belgium), Kris van Dijck (Belgium)
Patriots abstained (65 of 79). For: 8, Against: 6
Barbara Bonte (Belgium, for), Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria, against), Georg Mayer (Austria, against), Gerald Hauser (Austria, against), Gerolf Annemans (Belgium, for)
9 more from Patriots
Harald Vilimsky (Austria, against), Marieke Ehlers (Netherlands, for), Petra Steger (Austria, against), Rachel Blom (Netherlands, for), Roman Haider (Austria, against), Sebastiaan Stöteler (Netherlands, for), Sebastian Kruis (Netherlands, for), Tom Vandendriessche (Belgium, for), Ton Diepeveen (Netherlands, for)
ESN voted against (19 of 23). For: 3, Abstained: 1
Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik (Poland, for), Marcin Sypniewski (Poland, for), Petras Gražulis (Lithuania, abstained), Stanisław Tyszka (Poland, for)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 amendments (4 rejected).