Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/2080(DEC)
Discharge 2025: General budget of the EU - European Parliament
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.
- Referred to committee(done) 15 September 2026
- Committee work(to come)
- Tabled for plenary(to come)
- Plenary vote(to come)
- Parliament’s position(to come)
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Giuseppe Lupo (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Paulo Cunha (EPP), Virginie Joron (Patriots), Dick Erixon (ECR), Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Renew), Rasmus Nordqvist (Greens), Jonas Sjöstedt (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Foreign Affairs
- Regional Development
- Budgets
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety
- Legal Affairs
- International Trade
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Public Health
- Constitutional Affairs
- Industry, Research and Energy
- Fisheries
- Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
- Security and Defence
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Culture and Education
- Development
- Transport and Tourism
Timeline
Newest first.
Committee stage 1 step
15 September 2026
Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), AFET (Foreign Affairs), REGI (Regional Development), BUDG (Budgets), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), JURI (Legal Affairs), INTA (International Trade), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), SANT (Public Health), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), PECH (Fisheries), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), SEDE (Security and Defence), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), CULT (Culture and Education), DEVE (Development), TRAN (Transport and Tourism) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/2080(DEC)