Procedure

2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service

2024/2024(DEC)·10th term·AFET / CONT·DEC - Discharge procedure·CompletedProcedure completed

Subjects: 2023 discharge

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): BRUDZIŃSKI Joachim Stanisław (ECR)

Summary

This is the 2023 discharge for the European External Action Service (EEAS) section of the EU general budget. The amendments address the EEAS and its delegations' role in EU external policy amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, countering foreign information manipulation and disinformation, Court of Auditors findings on procurement and funding methodology, budgetary constraints and staffing, the Gender Action Plan III, support for Moldova and the Western Balkans, and electoral observation.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
12 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

158

Amendments

distinct, in window

Members

tabled at least one

Committee(s)

12 Dec 2024 – 11 Feb 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

10 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	For98%	For100%	consistent
S&D	For100%	For100%	consistent
Renew	For100%	For100%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For88%	For100%	consistent
ECR	For80%	For81%	consistent
The Left	Abstained66%	For93%	Abstained → For
Patriots	Against90%	Against91%	consistent
ESN	Against100%	Against100%	consistent
Non-attached	Against76%	Against73%	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 7 earlier votes
1. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 5 — paragraph 8
  Official label: § 8 - Am 5 · what was voted ↗
  310 for339 against14 abstentions56 did not vote
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2. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 3 — text to be inserted after paragraph 9
  Official label: Après le § 9 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
  143 for455 against64 abstentions57 did not vote
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3. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 1 — paragraph 10
  Official label: § 10 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
  231 for384 against40 abstentions64 did not vote
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4. 7 May 2025Rejected
  On amendment 6 — paragraph 10
  Official label: § 10 - Am 6 · what was voted ↗
  271 for290 against90 abstentions68 did not vote
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5. 7 May 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 31 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 31/2 · what was voted ↗
  412 for152 against84 abstentions71 did not vote
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6. 7 May 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 33 (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 33/1 · what was voted ↗
  457 for88 against98 abstentions76 did not vote
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7. 7 May 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 40 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 40/2 · what was voted ↗
  415 for133 against96 abstentions75 did not vote
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7 May 2025Rejected
On amendment 4 — text to be inserted after paragraph 82
Official label: Après le § 82 - Am 4 · what was voted ↗
187 for465 against12 abstentions55 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 ↗
475 for136 against53 abstentions55 did not vote
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7 May 2025Main voteAdopted
On the proposed decision
Official label: Proposition de décision · what was voted ↗
519 for126 against16 abstentions58 did not vote
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