Procedure

2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Court of Justice of the European Union

2024/2022(DEC)·10th term·CONT / JURI·DEC - Discharge procedure·Completed

Subjects: 2023 discharge

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): TERHEŞ Cristian (ECR)

Summary

This dossier concerns the 2023 discharge for the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Amendments note the CJEU's budgetary implementation rate and budget, the amendment to Protocol No 3 transferring certain preliminary rulings to the General Court, case volumes and durations, and the use of e-Curia. They address the CJEU's Artificial Intelligence Strategy, accessibility, gender balance, anti-fraud cooperation with the EPPO, and rulings on the principle of primacy.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
10 Dec 2024 – 11 Feb 2025
Plenary vote — Adopted
7 May 2025 · On the proposed decision
Plenary vote — Adopted
7 May 2025 · On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole
Procedure completed

Amendments

distinct, in window

Members

tabled at least one

Committees

10 Dec 2024 – 11 Feb 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

6 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	For99%	For100%	consistent
S&D	For100%	For100%	consistent
Renew	For100%	For100%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For100%	For100%	consistent
ECR	Abstained59%	For84%	Abstained → For
The Left	For97%	For98%	consistent
Patriots	Against83%	Against77%	consistent
ESN	Against100%	Against100%	consistent
Non-attached	For54%	For77%	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 3 earlier votes
1. 7 May 2025Adopted
  On amendment 2 · paragraph 11
  Official label: § 11 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
  353 for292 against18 abstentions56 did not vote
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2. 7 May 2025Adopted
  On amendment 3 (part 1 of a split vote) · text to be inserted after paragraph 11
  Official label: Après le § 11 - Am 3/1 · what was voted ↗
  423 for81 against147 abstentions68 did not vote
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3. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 3 (part 2 of a split vote) · text to be inserted after paragraph 11
  Official label: Après le § 11 - Am 3/2 · what was voted ↗
  212 for419 against12 abstentions76 did not vote
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7 May 2025Rejected
On amendment 1 · text to be inserted after paragraph 44
Official label: Après le § 44 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
187 for450 against21 abstentions61 did not vote
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7 May 2025Main voteAdopted
On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole
Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
485 for113 against61 abstentions60 did not vote
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7 May 2025Main voteAdopted
On the proposed decision
Official label: Proposition de décision · what was voted ↗
541 for97 against26 abstentions55 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Plenary amendments4 tabled on this text

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

Amendment 1ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 44 a (new)
Amendment
44a. Calls for the establishment of a right for any citizen of the Union, as well as any natural or legal person residing in or having its registered office in a Member State, to access, upon request, documents held by the CJEU, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Rules of Procedure of the Courts;
official amendment document ↗
Amendment 2ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11
Current text
11. Notes that, in 2023, the Court of Justice ruled on five cases concerning the principle of primacy in the context of four preliminary rulings brought by the courts in Germany, Ireland, Poland, and Romania, as well as one infringement case concerning Poland; stresses the fundamental importance of the principle of primacy of Union law, which ensures the uniform interpretation and application of Union law across all Member States and safeguards the rule of law as a core value of the Union; strongly reaffirms that the primacy of Union law is the cornerstone of the Union’s legal order and highlights the pivotal role of the CJEU in upholding the rule of law across the Union. Furthermore, notes…
Amendment
11. Notes that, in 2023, the Court of Justice ruled on five cases concerning the principle of primacy in the context of four preliminary rulings brought by the courts in Germany, Ireland, Poland, and Romania, as well as one infringement case concerning Poland; stresses the fundamental importance of the principle of primacy of Union law, which ensures the uniform interpretation and application of Union law across all Member States and safeguards the rule of law as a core value of the Union; strongly reaffirms that the primacy of Union law is the cornerstone of the Union’s legal order and highlights the pivotal role of the CJEU in upholding the rule of law across the Union. Furthermore, notes…
Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
official amendment document ↗
Amendment 3ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment
11 a. Notes that Article 4(2) of the Treaty on European Union states that "The Union shall respect the equality of Member States before the Treaties as well as their national identities, inherent in their fundamental structures, political and constitutional, inclusive of regional and local self-government. It shall respect their essential State functions [...]”; emphasises that supremacy of national constitutions remains the absolute principle which governs the relationship between the constitutions of the Member States and Union law;
official amendment document ↗
Amendment 4PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment
11 a. Calls on the institution to always respect the equality of Member States and to treat all Member States equally, respect their sovereignty and their national identities, inherent in their fundamental structures, political and constitutional, inclusive of local self-government;
official amendment document ↗