Procedure

2021 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council

2022/2083(DEC)·9th term·CONT·DEC - Discharge procedure·CompletedProcedure completed

Subjects: 2021 discharge

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): PEKSA Mikuláš (Verts/ALE)

Summary

A discharge decision on the 2021 general budget concerning the European Council and the Council. The amendments cite the Court of Justice's De Capitani v Council judgment on legislative transparency and access to documents, the Council's long-standing failure to cooperate on discharge with the European Parliament, Parliament's right to scrutinise budgets, corporate sponsorship of EU presidencies, and the President of the European Council's use of commercial flights for missions.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
5 Sep 2023
Plenary vote — Passed
10 May 2023 · On the proposed decision
Plenary vote — Passed
10 May 2023 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
Plenary vote — Passed
17 Oct 2023 · On the motion for a resolution
Procedure completed

Amendments

distinct, in window

Members

tabled at least one

Committee(s)

5 Sep 2023

Dates

Plenary votes

4 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

Group				Shift
EPP	For94%	For98%	For96%	consistent
S&D	For93%	For99%	For100%	consistent
Renew	For90%	For96%	For100%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For100%	For100%	For100%	consistent
ECR	For64%	For91%	For75%	consistent
The Left	For88%	For97%	For100%	consistent
ID	Against61%	For96%	For57%	Against → For
Non-attached	For61%	For75%	For88%	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.

Show the 1 earlier votes
1. 10 May 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 1 — text to be inserted after paragraph 31
  Official label: Après le § 31 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
  189 for289 against150 abstentions77 did not vote
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10 May 2023Main votePassedoutcome from totals
On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
517 for57 against64 abstentions67 did not vote
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Abst.
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10 May 2023Main votePassedoutcome from totals
On the proposed decision
Official label: Proposition de décision · what was voted ↗
609 for16 against9 abstentions71 did not vote
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17 Oct 2023Main votePassedoutcome from totals
On the motion for a resolution
Official label: Proposition de résolution · what was voted ↗
577 for25 against24 abstentions79 did not vote
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Abst.
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