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Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Commission
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
- 418
- Against
- 207
- Abstained
- 14
roll-call vote at 13:29 · 65% of votes cast were for the proposal for a discharge decision
Committee report by Daniel Freund · Report A-10-2026-0085
AI:What this decision does
Parliament voted on granting discharge for the EU's 2024 general budget, covering the Commission and several executive agencies.§1: source passage in the text The discharge was approved, meaning the spending is formally accepted.
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: ECR, Patriots, ESN
- The Left For 31 for, 3 against, 4 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 45 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 122 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 63 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 77
- EPP For 155 for, 2 against, 1 abstainedof 188
- ECR Against 0 for, 74 against, 7 abstainedof 81
- Patriots Against 0 for, 78 against, 0 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 27 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 2 for, 23 against, 2 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
17 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (31 of 38). Against: 3, Abstained: 4
Anja Hazekamp (Netherlands, abstained), Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus, against), Irene Montero (Spain, abstained), Isabel Serra Sánchez (Spain, abstained), João Oliveira (Portugal, against)
2 more from The Left
Marc Botenga (Belgium, against), Nikos Pappas (Greece, abstained)
EPP voted for (155 of 158). Against: 2, Abstained: 1
Christian Ehler (Germany, against), Henrik Dahl (Denmark, abstained), Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia, against)
ECR voted against (74 of 81). Abstained: 7
Assita Kanko (Belgium), Joachim Stanisław Brudziński (Poland), Johan van Overtveldt (Belgium), Kris van Dijck (Belgium), Reinis Pozņaks (Latvia)
2 more from ECR
Rihards Kols (Latvia), Roberts Zīle (Latvia)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 34 amendments (2 adopted, 32 rejected) and 61 parts of the text voted on separately (38 adopted, 23 rejected).