Plenary report, 11 April 2025

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section I – European Parliament

Report A-10-2025-0062 · (2024/2020(DEC))

Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier

Voted on Wednesday, 7 May 2025 · Discharge decision adopted 513 for, 119 against, 20 abstained · See the decision →
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The European Parliament grants discharge to its President for implementing the EU general budget for 2023, Section I – European Parliament, based on the Court of Auditors' assurance and internal reports.

Position. The Committee on Budgetary Control proposes that Parliament grant discharge to its President for the implementation of the 2023 budget.

Key points

Parliament grants discharge to its President for the implementation of the European Parliament's budget for the financial year 2023.
The decision is based on the Court of Auditors' statement of assurance and its finding of no serious weaknesses in administrative and other expenditure.
The President adopted Parliament's accounts for 2023 on 19 June 2024, and the Secretary-General certified reasonable assurance on 18 June 2024.

Who is affected

The European Parliament's President, who is granted discharge for the 2023 budget implementation.

Legal basis. Article 314(10) and Article 318 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

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Full text

1. proposal for a european parliament decision 20 paragraphs

(2024/2020(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023,

–having regard to the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2023 (COM(2024)0272 – C100068/2024),

–having regard to the report on budgetary and financial management for the financial year 2023, Section I – European Parliament,

–having regard to the Internal Auditor’s annual report for the financial year 2023,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2023, together with the institutions’ replies,

–having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2023 pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Article 314(10) and Article 318 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, and in particular Articles 260, 261 and 262 thereof,

–having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, and in particular Articles 266, 267 and 268 thereof,

–having regard to the Bureau decision of 10 December 2018 on the Internal Rules on the implementation of the European Parliament’s budget, and in particular Article 34 thereof,

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–having regard to Rule 102 and Rule 106(3) of, and Annex V to, its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0062/2025),

A.whereas the President adopted Parliament’s accounts for the financial year 2023 on 19 June 2024;

B.whereas the Secretary-General, as the principal authorising officer by delegation, certified, on 18 June 2024, his reasonable assurance that the resources assigned for Parliament’s budget have been used for their intended purpose, in accordance with the principles of sound financial management and that control procedures established give the necessary guarantees concerning the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions;

C.whereas the Court of Auditors stated in its audit that, in its specific assessment of administrative and other expenditure in 2023, it did not identify any serious weaknesses in the annual activity reports of the institutions and bodies it examined as required by Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046;

1.Grants its President discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Parliament for the financial year 2023;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

Annex: entities or persons from whom the rapporteur has received input 1 paragraph

The rapporteur declares under her exclusive responsibility that she did not receive input from any entity or person to be mentioned in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

Information on adoption in committee responsible 1 paragraph

Date adopted	18.3.2025
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	23 5 0
Members present for the final vote	Georgios Aftias, Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Caterina Chinnici, Tamás Deutsch, Dick Erixon, Daniel Freund, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Virginie Joron, Kinga Kollár, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Claudiu Manda, Csaba Molnár, Fidias Panayiotou, Jacek Protas, Julien Sanchez, Jonas Sjöstedt, Carla Tavares, Tomáš Zdechovský
Substitutes present for the final vote	Maria Grapini, Erik Marquardt, Annamária Vicsek
Members under Rule 216(7) present for the final vote	Andrzej Halicki, Valentina Palmisano, Georgiana Teodorescu

Procedure pages

How the committees handled the text, and how their members voted on it.

Final vote by roll call by the committee responsible 3 paragraphs

23 · For

ECR: Georgiana Teodorescu
No group: Fidias Panayiotou
EPP: Georgios Aftias, Caterina Chinnici, Andrzej Halicki, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Kinga Kollár, Jacek Protas, Tomáš Zdechovský
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy
S&D: Maria Grapini, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Claudiu Manda, Csaba Molnár, Carla Tavares
The Left: Valentina Palmisano, Jonas Sjöstedt
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

5 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Virginie Joron, Julien Sanchez, Annamária Vicsek

0 · Abstained