Paragraph 21 — part 1

Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament

A10-0081/2026 – Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy – § 21/1

Adopted

For: 513
Against: 135
Abstained: 7

roll-call vote at 13:31 · 78% of votes cast in favour

Roll call requested by S&D · split vote by Patriots

The part voted on: ‘Stresses that Parliament’s administration has transmitted the case file and cooperates fully with the EPPO’s investigation; notes that the Bureau awaits to know the outcome of the EPPO’s investigation before taking any recovery action; calls upon the Bureau to provide Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control a written update on the state of play before the next discharge cycle starts; calls on Parliament’s administration to take all the necessary measures parallel to the EPPO’s criminal investigation, administrative interim protective measures (including precautionary set-offs and/or reserves, where legally feasible) to protect the Union’s financial interests and Parliament’s reputation; considers that, according to Article 3(3) of the Working Arrangement between the European Parliament and the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the EPPO will inform Parliament about ongoing or closed investigations in which Parliament appears to be in a position to take precautionary measures to protect the financial interests of the Union including disciplinary procedures or recovery procedures within the applicable time limits;’