Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/2083(DEC)
Discharge 2025: General budget of the EU - Court of Auditors
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.
- Dick Erixon (ECR)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Monika Hohlmeier (EPP), Olivier Chastel (Renew), Rasmus Nordqvist (Greens), Pasquale Tridico (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Fisheries
- Transport and Tourism
- Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Industry, Research and Energy
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- Legal Affairs
- Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
- Public Health
- Constitutional Affairs
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety
- Security and Defence
- International Trade
- Budgets
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Development
- Regional Development
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Culture and Education
- Foreign Affairs
Timeline
Newest first.
Committee stage 1 step
15 September 2026
Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; PECH (Fisheries), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), JURI (Legal Affairs), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), SANT (Public Health), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), SEDE (Security and Defence), INTA (International Trade), BUDG (Budgets), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), DEVE (Development), REGI (Regional Development), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), CULT (Culture and Education), AFET (Foreign Affairs) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/2083(DEC)