Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0809(NLE)
Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors - DE nominee
Non-legislative procedure (NLE): for example international agreements, appointments or opinions.
A decision the Council takes on its own. Depending on the Treaty article, Parliament either gives its consent — accepting or rejecting the text without amending it — or is consulted and gives an opinion.
Where it stands
Adopted by the Council
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 20 February 2026 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 12 November 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 20 November 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 21 November 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 25 November 2025
- Adopted by the Council(done) 20 February 2026
Decided in plenary
25 November 2025 · decision 14
EU institutions & Parliament, Appointment
Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors - Daniel Caspary
Appointment approved 411 for · 206 against · 25 abstained by a large majority
Electronic vote: totals recorded, but not how each MEP voted.
AI summary:Parliament delivered a favourable opinion on the Council's nomination of Daniel Caspary as a Member of the Court of Auditors.
What changed
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The committee now delivers a favourable opinion, removing the possibility of an unfavourable one. The other change is formal: capitalization of 'committee'.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- José Cepeda (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP), Ondřej Knotek (Patriots), Jonas Sjöstedt (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 25 Nov 2025
AI summary:Parliament delivers a favourable opinion on the nomination of Daniel Caspary as a Member of the Court of Auditors.
Tabled for plenary· 21 Nov 2025
AI summary:The Committee on Budgetary Control proposes that Parliament deliver a favourable opinion on the Council's nomination of Daniel Caspary as a Member of the Court of Auditors.
Committee draft· 5 Nov 2025
AI summary:This draft report concerns Parliament's opinion on the nomination of Daniel Caspary as a Member of the Court of Auditors. It delivers a favourable opinion on the nomination.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
20 February 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 2 steps
25 November 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 25 Nov 2025 Adopted text TA10-0282/2025Report A10-0238/2025
21 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
20 November 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
12 November 2025
Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
5 November 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, 2025/0809(NLE)