2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Committee of the Regions
The dossier concerns the 2023 discharge for the general budget of the EU regarding the Committee of the Regions. The amendments address the Committee's consultative role for local and regional authorities, a building maintenance contract, members' travel and meeting allowances, interpreting costs, reliance on contract and temporary agents, gender balance in management, and reported cases of burnout and harassment.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled10 Feb 2025
- Plenary vote — Adopted7 May 2025 · On the proposed decision
- Plenary vote — Adopted7 May 2025 · On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole
- Procedure completed
Plenary votes
4 roll-call votesIn 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
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- 7 May 2025RejectedOn amendment 2 · text to be inserted after paragraph 1Official label: Après le § 1 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗130 for497 against36 abstentions56 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 7 May 2025RejectedOn amendment 3 · text to be inserted after paragraph 1Official label: Après le § 1 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗200 for449 against13 abstentions57 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 7 May 2025Main voteAdoptedOn the motion for a resolution · the text as a wholeOfficial label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗548 for110 against9 abstentions52 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 7 May 2025Main voteAdoptedOn the proposed decisionOfficial label: Proposition de décision · what was voted ↗549 for97 against18 abstentions55 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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Plenary amendments3 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 1The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 10Current text
10. Notes that until 23 July 2023, the flat-rate remote meeting allowance paid by the Committee to its members, their alternates, as well as to rapporteurs’ experts and speakers invited to attend remote or hybrid meetings was EUR 200; notes further that on that date, new rules on the matter entered into force setting the flat-rate remote meeting allowance at 50 % of the regular meeting allowance, with the latter being EUR 359 and the former EUR 179,50;
notes in this context a significant decrease in the total amountpaidforremotemeetingallowancesfromEUR1742000in2021andEUR489600in2022toEUR32632in2023,whiletheoverallexpenditurelinkedtobudgetline1004(‘Traveland…Amendment10. Notes that until 23 July 2023, the flat-rate remote meeting allowance paid by the Committee to its members, their alternates, as well as to rapporteurs’ experts and speakers invited to attend remote or hybrid meetings was EUR 200; notes further that on that date, new rules on the matter entered into force setting the flat-rate remote meeting allowance at 50 % of the regular meeting allowance, with the latter being EUR 359 and the former EUR 179,50; considers that despite remote attendance being an important instrument for modern institutions given that, inter alia, it reduces the costs of meetings and allows broader participation, the allocation of an allowance for remote attendance of m…
Excerpt — full text in the official PDF. - Amendment 2ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 a (new)Amendment
1a. Observes a 6,1% increase in the final budget for 2023 compared with 2022 that follows a 3,0% increase for 2022 compared with 2021; is concerned by these constant increases;
- Amendment 3ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 b (new)Amendment
1b. Calls on the Committee of the Regions to exercise greater budgetary restraint in the future;
Official amendment documents
Members who amended this procedure
15 Members · by amendment count
The amendments, in full text
65 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.