Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/2087(DEC)
Discharge 2025: General budget of the EU - European Ombudsman
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.
- Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu (Renew), Rasmus Nordqvist (Greens), Pasquale Tridico (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Fisheries
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Security and Defence
- Regional Development
- International Trade
- Foreign Affairs
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Public Health
- Budgets
- Development
- Transport and Tourism
- Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
- Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety
- Culture and Education
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Industry, Research and Energy
- Legal Affairs
- Constitutional 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), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), SEDE (Security and Defence), REGI (Regional Development), INTA (International Trade), AFET (Foreign Affairs), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), SANT (Public Health), BUDG (Budgets), DEVE (Development), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), CULT (Culture and Education), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), JURI (Legal Affairs), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/2087(DEC)