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Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/2086(DEC)

Discharge 2025: General budget of the EU - Committee of the Regions

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
  • Culture and Education
  • Transport and Tourism
  • Legal Affairs
  • Budgets
  • Fisheries
  • Public Health
  • Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
  • Environment, Climate and Food Safety
  • Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
  • Development
  • Constitutional Affairs
  • Regional Development
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Economic and Monetary Affairs
  • Industry, Research and Energy
  • Employment and Social Affairs
  • International Trade
  • Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • Security and Defence

Timeline

Newest first.

Committee stage 1 step

  1. 15 September 2026

    Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

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

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/2086(DEC)