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Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/2079(DEC)

Discharge 2025: 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

Referred to committee

Referred to CONT (Budgetary Control) on 15 September 2026; no report yet.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 15 September 2026
  2. Committee work(to come)
  3. Tabled for plenary(to come)
  4. Plenary vote(to come)
  5. Parliament’s position(to come)

No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.

Who works on it

Lead committee
Budgetary Control
Committees giving an opinion
  • Industry, Research and Energy
  • Budgets
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Fisheries
  • Legal Affairs
  • Transport and Tourism
  • Security and Defence
  • Economic and Monetary Affairs
  • Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • International Trade
  • Employment and Social Affairs
  • Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
  • Constitutional Affairs
  • Public Health
  • Regional Development
  • Development· rapporteurCharles Goerens (Renew)
  • Environment, Climate and Food Safety
  • Culture and Education
  • Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Timeline

Newest first.

Committee stage 1 step

  1. 15 September 2026

    Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

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

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/2079(DEC)