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2018 discharge: EU general budget, European Economic and Social Committee

2019/2060(DEC)·9th term·CONT·DEC - Discharge procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: 2018 discharge
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš (EPP)
Summary

The dossier is the 2018 discharge for the European Economic and Social Committee under the EU general budget. Amendments postpone the discharge decision and focus on an OLAF investigation and findings of psychological harassment and misconduct against a senior member and president of the Employers' Group, the Committee's Code of Conduct and sanctions, anti-harassment policy, the weakening of the Legal Service, and members' travel and subsistence allowances.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    10 Feb 2020 – 15 Sep 2020
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    14 May 2020 · On the resolution (the text as a whole)
  3. Plenary vote — Passed
    20 Oct 2020 · On the resolution (the text as a whole)
  4. Procedure completed
80
Amendments
distinct, in window
0
Members
tabled at least one
1
Committee(s)
10 Feb 2020 – 15 Sep 2020
Dates

Plenary votes

11 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

Where each group stood at the decisive votes

GroupShift
EPPFor99%For92%consistent
S&DFor100%For100%consistent
RenewFor100%For100%consistent
Greens/EFAFor100%For100%consistent
ECRFor90%Abstained69%For → Abstained
The LeftFor97%For100%consistent
IDFor43%For63%consistent
Non-attachedFor86%For86%consistent

Milestones are the votes that adopt or reject text (not every amendment vote) — the percentage is the share of the group’s Members behind that position. Click a column heading to open the vote below.

  1. Show the 8 earlier votes
    1. 13 May 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On the decision
      Official label: Décision · what was voted ↗
      669 for10 against11 abstentions14 did not vote
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      Against
      Abst.

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    2. 14 May 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 2
      Official label: am 2 · what was voted ↗
      599 for6 against82 abstentions17 did not vote
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      Against
      Abst.

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    3. 14 May 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 1r
      Official label: am 1rev · what was voted ↗
      303 for362 against22 abstentions17 did not vote
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      Abst.

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    4. 14 May 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 4
      Official label: am 4 · what was voted ↗
      437 for207 against43 abstentions17 did not vote
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      Abst.

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    5. 14 May 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 5
      Official label: am 5 · what was voted ↗
      456 for208 against23 abstentions17 did not vote
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      Abst.

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    6. 14 May 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 6
      Official label: am 6 · what was voted ↗
      182 for454 against51 abstentions17 did not vote
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      Abst.

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    7. 14 May 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 7
      Official label: am 7 · what was voted ↗
      564 for100 against23 abstentions17 did not vote
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      Abst.

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    8. 14 May 2020Main votePassedoutcome from totals
      On the resolution (the text as a whole)
      Official label: Résolution · what was voted ↗
      638 for39 against16 abstentions11 did not vote
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      Against
      Abst.

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  2. 19 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
    On the decision
    Official label: Décision · what was voted ↗
    618 for1 against68 abstentions16 did not vote
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    Against
    Abst.

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  3. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
    On amendment 1
    Official label: Am 1 · what was voted ↗
    434 for183 against69 abstentions17 did not vote
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    Abst.

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  4. 20 Oct 2020Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the resolution (the text as a whole)
    Official label: Résolution · what was voted ↗
    602 for7 against85 abstentions9 did not vote
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    Against
    Abst.

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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE645.093 ↗PE657.305 ↗
Full record

Members who amended this procedure

0 Members · by amendment count

The amendments, in full text

80 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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