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Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2151(DEC)

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Economic and Social Committee

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 2 March 2026
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 17 March 2026
  4. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 29 April 2026
  5. Parliament’s position(done) Final

Decided in plenary

29 April 2026 · decision 15

EU budget & funds, Budget decision

Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee

Discharge decision adopted Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.

AI summary:Parliament granted discharge to the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee for implementing its 2024 budget, approving the spending.

What changed

  • Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament

    AI summary:The only substantive change is correcting the date of the Council decision on allowances from September to June 2024. Other changes are formal or wording: updated heading, rephrased appreciation, and typographical fixes.

    See the changes →

  • Committee draft → Tabled for plenary

    AI summary:The main change is postponing the discharge decision for 2024, with new calls for cost-saving measures, impact measurement, and cybersecurity funding. Several paragraphs are added or expanded to stress strategic workforce planning, zero-tolerance for harassment, and transparency in remote participation allowances. The text now encourages prioritising initiatives for growth and competitiveness, and calls for a digital transformation strategy with human oversight of AI. Other changes are formal or wording: typo corrections, rephrasing, and updates to citations and references.

    See the changes →

Who works on it

Lead committee
Budgetary Control
Pasquale Tridico (The Left)
Andrey Kovatchev (EPP), Csaba Molnár (S&D), Ondřej Knotek (Patriots), Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza (ECR), Michal Wiezik (Renew)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Security and Defence
  • Legal Affairs
  • Culture and Education
  • Public Health
  • Transport and Tourism
  • Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
  • Environment, Climate and Food Safety
  • International Trade
  • Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Development
  • Regional Development
  • Constitutional Affairs
  • Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • Employment and Social Affairs
  • Industry, Research and Energy
  • Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Budgets
  • Economic and Monetary Affairs
  • Fisheries

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 29 Apr 2026

    Adopted text TA10-0131/2026

    AI summary:Parliament grants discharge to the European Economic and Social Committee for the 2024 budget and adopts observations on its management, covering budget execution, internal control, human resources, ethics, digitalisation, buildings, environment, interinstitutional cooperation and communication.

    What changed since Report A10-0059/2026 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 17 Mar 2026

    Report A10-0059/2026

    AI summary:The European Parliament grants discharge to the European Economic and Social Committee for the 2024 budget and adopts a resolution with observations on its management, performance, and accountability.

    What changed since Draft report (CONT) →

  3. Committee draft· 16 Dec 2025

    Draft report (CONT)

    AI summary:This draft report proposes granting discharge to the European Economic and Social Committee for the 2024 budget, with observations in a resolution.

Timeline

Newest first.

Outcome 1 step

  1. 10 September 2026

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

Plenary stage 3 steps

  1. 29 April 2026

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 29 Apr 2026 Adopted text TA10-0131/2026Report A10-0059/2026

  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. 17 March 2026

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A10-0059/2026

Committee stage 4 steps

  1. 2 March 2026

    Committee vote: report adopted

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

  2. 28 January 2026

    Amendments tabled in committee

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

    Amendments in committee (CONT)

  3. 16 December 2025

    Draft report published

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

    Draft report (CONT)

  4. 9 September 2025

    Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

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

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2151(DEC)