Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2150(DEC)
Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service
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.
- Referred to committee(done) 9 September 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 2 March 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 26 March 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 29 April 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
29 April 2026 · decision 14
EU budget & funds, Budget decision
Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service
Discharge decision adopted Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.
AI summary:This decision grants the High Representative discharge for the EEAS budget, based on the Court of Auditors' assurance that accounts are reliable and transactions legal.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:Changes the approach to Georgia, limiting contacts with authorities and focusing on civil society. Adds a paragraph on Ukraine support with strict controls and anti-fraud measures. Adds a paragraph on religious hatred and intolerance, and updates the EPPO investigation details. Deletes a paragraph on the use of Signal chat by the Vice-President/High Representative. Other changes are formal: splitting paragraphs, updating titles, and correcting punctuation.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The resolution now grants discharge for 2024 instead of postponing it, and adds numerous calls for audits, performance reviews, and transparency measures. It strengthens language on budgetary constraints, underfunding, and duty of care, and adds calls for better staff consultation and security. It expands sections on FIMI, disinformation, and the EU Diplomatic Academy, including new paragraphs on AI safeguards and cybersecurity training. It updates figures and adds new paragraphs on coordination with Member States and communication visibility. The other changes are formal or wording: updated terminology, corrected percentages, and rephrased sentences.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Pasquale Tridico (The Left)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Andrey Kovatchev (EPP), José Cepeda (S&D), Ondřej Knotek (Patriots), Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza (ECR), Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu (Renew)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Foreign Affairs· rapporteurEvin Incir (S&D)
- Development
- Constitutional Affairs
- Security and Defence
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 29 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament grants discharge to the High Representative for the EEAS budget for 2024, with observations in a resolution.
Tabled for plenary· 26 Mar 2026
AI summary:Parliament grants discharge to the High Representative for the EEAS budget for 2024, with observations in the resolution.
Committee draft· 18 Dec 2025
AI summary:This draft report concerns the discharge for the European External Action Service (EEAS) for the 2024 financial year. It proposes granting discharge to the High Representative and includes a resolution with observations.
Committee opinions: Opinion (AFET), Draft opinion (AFET)
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
10 September 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 3 steps
29 April 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 29 Apr 2026 Adopted text TA10-0130/2026Report A10-0053/2026
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
26 March 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps
2 March 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
30 January 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.
15 January 2026
AFET (Foreign Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
18 December 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
9 September 2025
Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; AFET (Foreign Affairs), DEVE (Development), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), SEDE (Security and Defence) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2150(DEC)