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Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/2081(DEC)

Discharge 2025: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council

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
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Renew), Rasmus Nordqvist (Greens), Pasquale Tridico (The Left)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
  • Security and Defence
  • Culture and Education
  • Regional Development
  • Economic and Monetary Affairs
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Environment, Climate and Food Safety
  • Transport and Tourism
  • Employment and Social Affairs
  • Public Health
  • Budgets
  • Development
  • Agriculture and Rural Development
  • International Trade
  • Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • Legal Affairs
  • Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
  • Constitutional Affairs
  • Industry, Research and Energy
  • Fisheries

Timeline

Newest first.

Committee stage 1 step

  1. 15 September 2026

    Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

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

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/2081(DEC)