Discharge 2022: EU general budget – European Council and Council
A plain-language explanation, ready in a few seconds.
Summary written by AI from the official roll-call record. It can make mistakes, so check the numbers.
- For539
- Against26
- Abstained29
- Absent111
- Margin
- +513
- Turnout
- 84%
How the groups voted
GroupForAgainstAbstainedAbsentUnity
The Left3730007100%
S&D140118121998%
Greens/EFA72
By country
- DE Germany79–1–7
- FR France54–18–0
- IT Italy60–0–0
- ES Spain51–0–4
- PL Poland43–0–1
- RO Romania24–0–0
- Netherlands
Every MEP
- Magdalena ADAMOWICZEPP · PL
- Asim ADEMOVEPP · BG
- Isabella ADINOLFIEPP · IT
- Matteo ADINOLFIID · IT
- Alex AGIUS SALIBAS&D · MT
- Mazaly AGUILARECR · ES
- Clara AGUILERAS&D · ES
- Abir AL-SAHLANIRenew · SE
- Alviina ALAMETSÄGreens/EFA · FI
- João ALBUQUERQUES&D · PT
- Alexander ALEXANDROV YORDANOVEPP · BG
- François ALFONSIGreens/EFA · FR
- Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELIRenew · BG
- Catherine AMALRICRenew · FR
- Andris AMERIKSS&D · LV
- Christine ANDERSONID · DE
- Rasmus ANDRESENGreens/EFA · DE
- Barry ANDREWSRenew · IE
- Mathilde ANDROUËTID · FR
- Marc ANGELS&D · LU
- Gerolf ANNEMANSID · BE
- Andrus ANSIPRenew · EE
- Attila ARA-KOVÁCSS&D · HU
- Maria ARENAS&D · BE
- Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍAEPP · ES
- Pascal ARIMONTEPP · BE
- Konstantinos ARVANITISThe Left · GR
- Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOUEPP · GR
- Manon AUBRYThe Left · FR
- Margrete AUKENGreens/EFA · DK
- Petras AUŠTREVIČIUSRenew · LT
- Carmen AVRAMS&D · RO
- Malik AZMANIRenew · NL
- Laura BALLARÍN CEREZAS&D · ES
- Marek Paweł BALTS&D · PL
- Jordan BARDELLAID · FR
- Katarina BARLEYS&D · DE
- Pietro BARTOLOS&D · IT
- Alessandra BASSOID · IT
- José Ramón BAUZÁ DÍAZRenew · ES
- Nicolas BAYECR · FR
- Gunnar BECKID · DE
- Vasco BECKER-WEINBERGEPP · PT
- Tiziana BEGHINNon-attached · IT
- Aurélia BEIGNEUXID · FR
- Marek BELKAS&D · PL
- François-Xavier BELLAMYEPP · FR
- Dragoş BENEAS&D · RO
- Brando BENIFEIS&D · IT
- Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEAEPP · ES
- Hildegard BENTELEEPP · DE
- Tom BERENDSENEPP · NL
- Lars Patrick BERGECR · DE
- Stefan BERGEREPP · DE
- Sergio BERLATOECR · IT
- Alexander BERNHUBEREPP · AT
- Monika BEŇOVÁNon-attached · SK
- Robert BIEDROŃS&D · PL
- Adam BIELANECR · PL
- Theresa BIELOWSKIS&D · AT
From the Parliament's press release
- The European Parliament decided, by 539 votes to 26, with 29 abstentions, to postpone its decision on granting the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2022.Parliament regretted that it had to refuse discharge to the Council because the Council continues to refuse to cooperate with Parliament on the discharge procedure, preventing Parliament from taking an informed decision based on a serious and thorough scrutiny of the implementation of the Council’s budget.It also deplored that for more than a decade, the Council has shown that it does not have any political willingness to collaborate with Parliament in the context of…