2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council

Decided in plenary

What changed

• Latest Adopted by Parliament → Adopted by Parliament

  AIAI summary:The main change is that Parliament now refuses discharge to the Council instead of postponing the decision. The resolution is restructured: detailed budgetary and audit observations are replaced by statements on the Council's non-cooperation and Parliament's prerogatives. New paragraphs criticize the Council's attitude, the Hungarian Presidency, and unanimity voting, while reaffirming previous observations. The other changes are formal: updated date, removed abbreviation, and capitalization.

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• Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament

  AIAI summary:The decision changes from refusing discharge to postponing it, and the resolution adds extensive new content on budget, audits, and political priorities. New paragraphs cover Council budget figures, Court of Auditors findings, and detailed observations on management, staffing, ethics, and transparency. Drops paragraphs on Council's attitude, Treaty revision, and Article 7 procedure, while adding new ones on Ukraine, appointments, and transparency. The other changes are formal: title update, punctuation, and capitalization.

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• Tabled for plenary → Tabled for plenary

  AIAI summary:The resolution now refuses discharge to the Council instead of postponing the decision, reflecting continued non-cooperation. It adds criticism of the Council's refusal to answer Parliament's questionnaire and participate in hearings. It introduces a call for Treaty revision to give Parliament explicit discharge competence over all institutions. It adds a paragraph criticising the Hungarian Council Presidency under an Article 7 procedure. The other changes are formal: updated citations and capitalisation.

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• Committee draft → Tabled for plenary

  AIAI summary:The new version postpones the discharge decision instead of refusing it and adds many new paragraphs with detailed observations on the Council's budget, management, and policies. It removes a paragraph on Treaty revision and adds a letter from the Committee on Constitutional Affairs with suggestions. The other changes are formal: adding an abbreviation and correcting capitalization.

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• Committee draft → Committee draft

  AIAI summary:The main change is that Parliament now refuses discharge to the Council instead of granting it, due to continued non-cooperation. The resolution adds a call for Treaty revision to give Parliament explicit discharge competence over all institutions. It also drops detailed observations on the Council's budget and management, replacing them with a reference to a prior resolution. Other changes are wording and renumbering of paragraphs.

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Who works on it

Lead committee

Budgetary Control

Rapporteurs

Jonas Sjöstedt (The Left), Luke Ming Flanagan (The Left)

Shadow rapporteurs

Mep #197482 (ID), Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP), Mep #33982 (EPP), Mep #197584 (S&D), Csaba Molnár (S&D), Mep #28372 (ECR), Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Renew), Mep #249826 (Renew), Mep #197539 (Greens)

Committees giving an opinion

• Transport and Tourism
• Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Agriculture and Rural Development
• Culture and Education
• Fisheries
• Employment and Social Affairs
• Budgets
• Development
• Regional Development
• Foreign Affairs
• Legal Affairs
• Industry, Research and Energy
• Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
• Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• Environment, Climate and Food Safety
• International Trade
• Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Constitutional Affairs· rapporteurSalvatore De Meo (EPP)

The text, version by version

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1. Adopted by Parliament· 22 Oct 2024

   Adopted text TA10-0026/2024

   AIAI summary:Parliament refuses to grant discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council for the 2022 budget, citing the Council's continued non-cooperation since 2009.

   What changed since Adopted text TA9-0288/2024 →

2. Adopted by Parliament· 23 Apr 2024

   Adopted text TA9-0288/2024

   AIAI summary:Parliament postpones its decision on granting discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council for the 2022 budget and sets out observations in a resolution.

   What changed since Report A10-0003/2024 →

3. Tabled for plenary· 3 Oct 2024

   Report A10-0003/2024

   AIAI summary:Parliament refuses to grant discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council for the 2022 budget, citing the Council's continued non-cooperation in the discharge procedure since 2009.

   What changed since Report A9-0071/2024 →

4. Tabled for plenary· 6 Mar 2024

   Report A9-0071/2024

   AIAI summary:Parliament postpones its decision on granting discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council for the 2022 budget, citing the Council's continued refusal to cooperate in the discharge procedure.

   What changed since Draft report (CONT) →

5. Committee draft· 24 Jul 2024

   Draft report (CONT)

   AIAI summary:This draft report proposes that Parliament refuse to grant discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council for the 2022 budget, due to the Council's continued non-cooperation in the discharge procedure since 2009.

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6. Committee draft· 14 Dec 2023

   Draft report (CONT)

   AIAI summary:This draft report concerns the discharge for the European Council and Council budget for 2022. It proposes to postpone the discharge decision and includes observations on transparency, budget management, and other issues.

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