Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0807(NLE)
Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors - EL nominee
Non-legislative procedure (NLE): for example international agreements, appointments or opinions. · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Parliament is consulted: it gives an opinion and can propose amendments, but the Council takes the decision and need not follow them.
Where it stands
Adopted by the Council
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 12 December 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 6 October 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 5 November 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 7 November 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 13 November 2025
- Adopted by the Council(done) 12 December 2025
Decided in plenary
13 November 2025 · decision 12
EU institutions & Parliament, Appointment
Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors – Nikolaos Milionis
Appointment approved 523 for · 41 against · 64 abstained by an overwhelming majority
Electronic vote: totals recorded, but not how each MEP voted.
AI summary:The decision will be forwarded to the Council and other EU institutions.
What changed
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The opinion on the nomination changes from unfavourable to favourable. The other changes are formal: punctuation and capitalisation updates in the annexes.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Gilles Boyer (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP), Carla Tavares (S&D), Jonas Sjöstedt (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 13 Nov 2025
AI summary:Parliament delivers a favourable opinion on the Council's nomination of Nikolaos Milionis as a Member of the Court of Auditors.
Tabled for plenary· 7 Nov 2025
AI summary:Parliament delivers a favourable opinion on the Council's nomination of Nikolaos Milionis as a Member of the Court of Auditors.
Committee draft· 29 Sept 2025
AI summary:This draft report concerns the nomination of Nikolaos Milionis as a Member of the Court of Auditors. It proposes that Parliament deliver a favourable or unfavourable opinion on the Council's nomination.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
12 December 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 2 steps
13 November 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 13 Nov 2025 Adopted text TA10-0276/2025Report A10-0218/2025
7 November 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
5 November 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
6 October 2025
Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
29 September 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0807(NLE)