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Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/2085(DEC)

Discharge 2025: General budget of the EU - European Economic and Social Committee

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
Raúl De La Hoz Quintano (EPP), Michal Wiezik (Renew), Rasmus Nordqvist (Greens), Pasquale Tridico (The Left)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
  • Economic and Monetary Affairs
  • Transport and Tourism
  • Fisheries
  • International Trade
  • Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
  • Regional Development
  • Development
  • Environment, Climate and Food Safety
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Employment and Social Affairs
  • Constitutional Affairs
  • Industry, Research and Energy
  • Public Health
  • Culture and Education
  • Budgets
  • Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Security and Defence
  • Legal 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; LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), PECH (Fisheries), INTA (International Trade), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), REGI (Regional Development), DEVE (Development), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), AFET (Foreign Affairs), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), SANT (Public Health), CULT (Culture and Education), BUDG (Budgets), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), SEDE (Security and Defence), JURI (Legal Affairs) give an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/2085(DEC)