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Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2145(DEC)

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Commission

Discharge procedure · First reading

Parliament checks how an EU institution or agency spent a past year’s budget and signs it off — or refuses to.

Where it stands

Parliament’s position

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 10 September 2026 and now EU law.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 9 September 2025
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 24 March 2026
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 10 April 2026
  4. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 29 April 2026
  5. Parliament’s position(done) Final

Decided in plenary

29 April 2026 · decision 9

EU budget & funds, Budget decision

Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Commission

Discharge decision adopted On the proposal for a discharge decision: 418 for · 207 against · 14 abstained by a large majority

AI summary:Parliament voted on granting discharge for the EU's 2024 general budget, covering the Commission and several executive agencies.

What changed

  • Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament

    AI summary:Adds a paragraph on protecting children's rights and addressing the deportation of Ukrainian children, and a paragraph honouring a Polish border guard and supporting frontline member states. Changes references to the Court of Auditors and the Court of Justice, affecting audit access and transparency provisions. Adds a call for measures to mitigate the EU-Mercosur agreement's impact on European agriculture. Renumbers several paragraphs and subparagraphs, and makes minor wording changes in paragraphs 7, 80, and 233. The other changes are formal: updated headings, titles, and procedure references for the decisions and resolution.

    See the changes →

  • Committee draft → Tabled for plenary

    AI summary:Grants discharge and approves closure of accounts for the European Development Funds instead of postponing. Strengthens rule-of-law and transparency demands, including on Hungary, Czechia, and Commission integrity. Adds calls for increased research funding, defence support, and technology-neutral approaches. Updates RRF provisions on final recipients, audit access, and fraud reporting, with more enforcement. Other changes are formal or wording: renumbering, terminology, and rephrasing without altering substance.

    See the changes →

Who works on it

Lead committee
Budgetary Control
Daniel Freund (Greens)
Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP), Eero Heinäluoma (S&D), Virginie Joron (Patriots), Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza (ECR), Olivier Chastel (Renew), Pasquale Tridico (The Left)
Committees giving an opinion

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 29 Apr 2026

    Adopted text TA10-0125/2026

    AI summary:Parliament grants discharge to the Commission and six executive agencies for implementing the 2024 EU budget, and approves closure of the accounts for the general budget and the ninth, tenth and eleventh European Development Funds.

    What changed since Report A10-0085/2026 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 10 Apr 2026

    Report A10-0085/2026

    AI summary:This committee report proposes granting discharge to the Commission and several executive agencies for the 2024 EU budget, and closing the accounts of the general budget and the European Development Funds.

    What changed since Draft report (CONT) →

  3. Committee draft· 20 Jan 2026

    Draft report (CONT)

    AI summary:The draft report proposes granting discharge to the Commission, executive agencies, and the European Development Funds for 2024, with observations in a resolution. It also proposes closing the accounts.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (REGI), Opinion (ENVI), Draft opinion (SANT), Draft opinion (DEVE), Draft opinion (ENVI), Opinion (TRAN), Opinion (FEMM), Opinion (EMPL), Opinion (REGI), Draft opinion (TRAN), Opinion (AFET), Draft opinion (LIBE), Opinion (DEVE), Opinion (LIBE), Opinion (SANT), Draft opinion (AFET), Opinion (CULT), Draft opinion (FEMM), Draft opinion (EMPL), Draft opinion (CULT)

Timeline

Newest first.

Outcome 1 step

  1. 10 September 2026

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

Plenary stage 4 steps

  1. 29 April 2026

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 29 Apr 2026 Adopted text TA10-0125/2026Report A10-0085/2026

  2. 28 April 2026

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 28 Apr 2026 Council / Commission text C10-0145/2025Council / Commission text C10-0146/2025Council / Commission text C10-0147/2025Council / Commission text C10-0148/2025Council / Commission text C10-0149/2025Council / Commission text C10-0150/2025Council / Commission text C10-0151/2025Council / Commission text C10-0152/2025Council / Commission text C10-0153/2025Council / Commission text C10-0154/2025Council / Commission text C10-0155/2025Council / Commission text C10-0156/2025Council / Commission text C10-0157/2025Report A10-0046/2026Report A10-0050/2026Report A10-0051/2026Report A10-0052/2026Report A10-0053/2026Report A10-0054/2026Report A10-0055/2026Report A10-0056/2026Report A10-0057/2026Report A10-0059/2026Report A10-0081/2026Report A10-0085/2026Report A10-0087/2026

  3. 22 April – 23 April 2026

    57 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    Amendments 1–6Amendment 7Amendments 8–15Amendments 16–22Amendments 23–29Amendment 30Amendments 31–35Amendments 36–41Amendments 42–46Amendments 47–52Amendments 53–57

  4. 10 April 2026

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A10-0085/2026

Committee stage 15 steps

  1. 24 March 2026

    Committee vote: report adopted

    CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 20 February 2026

    Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)

    Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (CONT)Amendments in committee (CONT)

  3. 28 January 2026

    EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (EMPL)

  4. 28 January 2026

    DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (DEVE)

  5. 28 January 2026

    REGI (Regional Development) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (REGI)

  6. 28 January 2026

    ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (ENVI)

  7. 27 January 2026

    CULT (Culture and Education) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (CULT)

  8. 27 January 2026

    FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (FEMM)

  9. 27 January 2026

    SANT (Public Health) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (SANT)

  10. 27 January 2026

    TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (TRAN)

  11. 20 January 2026

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (CONT)

  12. 15 January 2026

    AFET (Foreign Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (AFET)

  13. 12 January 2026

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    AGRI-AL-779655

  14. 3 December 2025

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (LIBE)

  15. 9 September 2025

    Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; DEVE (Development), AFET (Foreign Affairs), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), INTA (International Trade), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), CULT (Culture and Education), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), BUDG (Budgets), JURI (Legal Affairs), REGI (Regional Development), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), SANT (Public Health), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), SEDE (Security and Defence), PECH (Fisheries) give an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2145(DEC)