Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/0806(NLE)
Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors - AT 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
Plenary vote
Parliament approved the text on 16 September 2026. The Council takes the final decision.
- Referred to committee(done) 15 June 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 14 July 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 17 July 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 16 September 2026
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
16 September 2026 · decision 19
EU institutions & Parliament, Appointment
Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors – Gerald Loacker
Appointment approved 331 for · 282 against · 30 abstained by a small majority
Electronic vote: totals recorded, but not how each MEP voted.
AI summary:Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control evaluated his credentials, receiving his curriculum vitae and written questionnaire replies, and held a hearing with him.
What changed
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report now delivers a favourable opinion on the nomination of Gerald Loacker as a Member of the Court of Auditors, where the earlier draft left open whether the opinion would be favourable or unfavourable.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Paulo Cunha (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Carla Tavares (S&D), Roman Haider (Patriots), Dick Erixon (ECR), Gilles Boyer (Renew), Jonas Sjöstedt (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 16 Sept 2026
AI summary:Parliament delivers a favourable opinion on the Council's nomination of Gerald Loacker as a Member of the Court of Auditors.
Tabled for plenary· 17 Jul 2026
AI summary:The Committee on Budgetary Control delivers a favourable opinion on the Council's nomination of Gerald Loacker as a Member of the Court of Auditors.
Committee draft· 29 Jun 2026
AI summary:This is a draft report by the Committee on Budgetary Control on the nomination of Gerald Loacker as a Member of the Court of Auditors. It proposes a decision delivering a favourable or unfavourable opinion on the Council's nomination.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
16 September 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Sept 2026 Adopted text TA10-0302/2026Report A10-0210/2026
17 July 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
14 July 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
29 June 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
15 June 2026
Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/0806(NLE)