Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting

2 March 2026

CONT European Parliament

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05:05 - 07:24
Speaker 1
So, good afternoon, colleagues.  First of all, let me welcome you to our meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Control this afternoon.  Agenda point number one is the adoption of the agenda.  I don't see any contradictory remarks, so the adoption of the agenda can be confirmed.  I will sometimes change the language that I operate in, but today, we will do it in English. 

And I would like to thank Francisca Neha, who is sitting here next to me, for the excellent preparation.  She has also started her work as head of the unit of this committee, and she has our full support for this important task.  Welcome, dear Francisca.  Normally, there would be applause, but in the account committee, there is not that much attention from colleagues at the moment, so we will try to do the applause at a later stage.  Second point on the agenda is the chair's announcement. 

The first announcement, you have already seen.  The second one is that the interpretation is provided in the languages set out in the news, so nearly all languages are covered.  Web streaming is also available for those who follow us online.  A warm welcome also to all our followers online.  Then, we come to the adoption of the minutes. 

There is the protocol of our meeting on 11/20/2025.  There is the 01/15/2026, where there was a meeting on the 26th and 27th of January.  All the protocols and all the minutes are registered, and I don't see any negative comments from my colleagues.  So, I consider these minutes adopted.  And then we come to item four, which is the discharge 2024, and I'm very happy that we have the Cypriot Presidency here with us. 

A warm welcome to you.  And I would like to warmly welcome, first of all, Mr.  Chrysostomos Papadiannis, who is the representative of the Cypriot presidency, is from a country that unfortunately today got very much into the news.  And I want to assure you that you have our full support in whatever action needs to be done.  And I would like to give you the floor to present the recommendations of the council on the 2024 discharge. 
07:24 - 07:26
Please, over to you, Minister. 
07:29 - 11:33
Speaker 2
Thank you very much for the welcome and also for the support that you are showing to Cyprus, which is much needed, especially in these uncertain times.  We are very close to the conflict, and we hope that we won't have any more incidents like what happened in the last few days.  And also, congratulations to you for taking up the role of the chair, and also to Francesca for her new role.  And with this, I will go through the presentation of the dish of the recommendation of the council on the discharge to be given to the commission for the financial year 2024.  And so, with this, dear Chair and the honorable members of the European Parliament, ladies and gentlemen, the Council attaches great importance to the discharge exercise, as it is key to accountability, ensuring that EU funds are used in accordance with the rules and the expenditure respects the principles of sound financial management. 

On February 17, the Ekofin Council adopted the council's discharge recommendation to be given to the Commission.  Along with it, the discharge recommendations for the decentralized agencies, the executive agencies, and the joint undertakings were also adopted.  Going through the European Parliament's report and following the debate in this committee, I know that we have similar concerns overall.  I'm sure that we also share the view that our recommendations should be followed and implemented by all actors without delay.  Concerning the council's recommendation, I would like to draw your attention to two main elements. 

Firstly, to start on a positive note, the error rate has decreased by 2 percentage points, which is welcomed by the council.  However, the opinion of the courts remains unfavorable for the implementation of the year 2024, as for previous years.  This being said, the Council considers that it will be appropriate to grant discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, thus recognizing the efforts of the management and control authorities, both at Commission and Member State level.  Obviously, efforts are necessary by all stakeholders to continue working together towards bringing their rate down.  In this regard, the Council aligns with the European Parliament in stressing that, in order to achieve a decrease in the error rate and to ensure the effective and correct management of EU funds, simpler, more transparent, and more predictable legislation and implementing measures should remain a top priority. 

At the same time, this should not mean lowering the standards needed for accountability.  Regarding transparency in particular, the council regrets the persisting difficulties encountered by the court in getting access to documents from some international organizations, which consequently impede the court's ability to carry out its audit.  The council recalls that, according to the treaties, the court is entitled to receive complete, unlimited, and timely access to documents necessary for the performance of its task, and instructs the commission to continue addressing this matter.  My second point relates to the chapter dedicated to recovering the resilience facility.  And the court's report was thoroughly examined in the council. 

11:33 - 11:35

The council took good note of it.

11:35 - 13:41

Chrisostomos Papagiannis

Findings. The scope of the audit of the control on the RF is limited to the grants part of the instrument. Also, the number of milestones and targets examined does not constitute a representative sample; therefore, an error rate for this chapter is not concluded. At the same time, here as well, simplification and clarification of the regulations on the performance model, coupled with the application of the principle of proportionality in the performance controls, can foster improvements and reduce the administrative burden. The instrument will come to its end in the coming months.

However, the lessons learned will hopefully benefit the future. Finally, I would like to point out that the Council underlines the importance of the performance of the EU budget and its assessment, since it represents a measure of the value delivered by the EU. Therefore, the council systematically calls on the commission to increase the focus on result-based performance indicators that can be directly linked to the EU actions, with the aim of simplification and reducing administrative parts. So, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to conclude by thanking you for your very thorough work. This is a very important exercise, which gives the true measure of the way the European funds are implemented and managed.

And I take this opportunity to also thank the commission, the court of auditors, and all management audit authorities at the national level for their efforts in this regard. Our common goal is to make sure, especially in these uncertain times, that the EU budget provides real value for our citizens and that EU money is allocated to where we need it most. And by this, I'm closing the presentation of the council recommendation.

13:41 - 14:16

Andreas Schwab

The district. Thank you very much, Minister, Mr. Papayanit. This has been very helpful. I'm very happy that we share the common commitment to make sure that our funds, the European funds, are used in the best way. We have taken note of your recommendations, and we thank you for your presentation.

I would now like to turn to my colleagues, asking them if there are any questions for the council. I don't see only my colleagues from this year at that moment in time. Over to you. Thank you.

14:16 - 16:18

Bert-Jan Ruissen

Chairman. My thanks to the council representative for outlining their recommendation. I would like to flag two points. Firstly, the high rate of errors. The council has noted that the high error rate has gone down, but it is still far too high.

The council has noted that. The council also noted that this is above what would be normal. We know that there is a problem with the cohesion funds. The error rate there is well over 5%. My question is: has the council discussed this?

What tangible recommendations has the council made to ensure better financial checks on the Cohesion Fund? So, that is where the real problems lie. How can we improve the error rate regarding the Cohesion Fund? And who do you feel is responsible here? The member states bear considerable responsibility here.

Now, my second point is on the lack of transparency, in particular when it comes to the RRF. We want to ensure that all beneficiaries are informed. The council is talking about a maximum of 100. Is the Council willing to work with Parliament to ensure that we have full transparency when it comes to the RRF and to ensure that all beneficiaries are named and published? Thank you.

16:19 - 16:27

Andreas Schwab

Thank you very much, dear colleague Russen. Are there any other requests? Mister Freund.

16:29 - 17:28

Daniel Freund

Sorry for the delay. I'm missing the initial statement. I find this a bit regrettable. I have to say the non-collaboration of the European Parliament and the Council when it comes to the discharge of the Council itself. This House has criticized this and has refused to grant discharge.

I think we're at the 14th iteration, if I'm not mistaken, this year. We owe it to EU citizens to discharge the entirety of the EU budget. We do this for the large percentage, but we are missing a part. And I really think that it should be possible for the two institutions to work together in a way so that the entirety of the EU budget can be discharged. And I really hope that is something we can ultimately figure out, and maybe not in another 14 years, but rather a bit quicker.

17:28 - 17:29

Thanks, Chair.

17:29 - 17:33

Andreas Schwab

Thank you very much, Mr. Freund. Maria Grapini is next.

17:34 - 20:27

Maria Grapini

Okay. In Romanian. This is my third term as a member of the Budget Control Committee, and the thing that surprises me most is the sort of disconnect in terms of the procedure of the three institutions: Council, Commission, and the European Parliament, with different positions when it comes to transparency. I myself was the rapporteur discharged by the commission. It's difficult to understand the reserve or reticence when we call for information regarding the council commission.

It's difficult to understand why we are not given the information. We need the information in order to respond to the questions posed to the citizens who elected us. To respond now to your statement, Minister Sir, indeed, the situation that you presented is a real one, but my problem is that we would like to know whether you have any proposals when it comes to avoiding similar problems in the forthcoming discharge, especially regarding the high error rate or similar issues. On a number of occasions, I've asked the ECA to introduce a verification coefficient. You yourself have said it's important to protect the financial interests and the European funds of the European institutions.

So, I think we need some kind of coefficient in terms of controls or audits when it comes to the expenditure of funds. I think we can come forward with the figures, but I think we found on a number of occasions in a number of member states that investments have not been effective as a result of monies made available from the EU funds. And I think when funds are made available, we need to be able to ensure that those monies are spent properly. I've worked within an enterprise and undertaking. And you, of course, have to ensure that you have a return on your investment.

And in some areas, there is no such return. So, I think we've talked about Moldova, Ukraine, the Court of Auditors, and Olaf has said that there is no control mechanism when it comes to funds that are made available. For example, in respect of Ukraine, which is difficult to believe, because when it comes to member states, there is this conditionality regarding the granting of EU funds and the functioning of the rule of law, for example. We have institutions responsible for controlling the use of funds, and I think there are obviously some shortcomings.

20:27 - 20:33

Andreas Schwab

Maria Grapini. Questions over questions. I would like to give the floor back to the council.

20:40 - 26:23

Chrisostomos Papagiannis

Thank you very much for the questions raised. If I can take them with the order that they were posted, discussing the high level of error rates and more specifically the cohesion. This is also a finding that has made the council concerned about it. But at the same time, despite the regret, we also see the improvement that has been made since last year, which is significant; there was a significant decrease in the reported estimated error rate. And on several aspects, we also have asserted the view that the error is neither waste nor fraud.

So in this case, we have called the commission to continue their efforts in providing a more comprehensive framework, especially in applying the rules for the funds. And that in order to facilitate both the comprehension on the beneficiary side and the member state authorities, simplify the rules, and facilitate the implementation of the programs. In this sense, we cannot pinpoint and say the responsibility lies with one or the other actor in the spectrum of the implementation. We see that there is a common goal, both at national level and European level, that the error rate should go down. And this is our recommendation: to simplify the rules. There was also a question about the transparency, which was repeated by the MEP, Miss Klapin.

Transparency in terms of the beneficiaries and the final beneficiaries: we can also draw your attention to the RF annual reports. And in this respect, member states follow both the guidelines and the regulatory framework. There is continuous effort for the member states to respect that in certain periods and certain years, all or almost all member states have provided the necessary information requested for the final beneficiaries. On transparency, which is effective transparency, the investments. Also, the council calls for performance-based indicators and that there should be a focus on this in order to highlight the result or the impact of the EU funds and the implementation of the programs.

On another aspect, because Ukraine has also been mentioned, there are sufficient provisions in the Ukraine facility where there is a Ukraine plan. There are regulatory provisions for the audit and the scrutiny of the implementation of this fund. And lastly, on the collaboration of the council and between the council and the European Parliament, this is something that goes back to history, and the council has been open to an engagement to fight via the memorandum of understanding. During the last 15 years, there has been continuous collaboration with the European Parliament in order to establish a framework so that the discharge procedure will be implemented. And in this respect, I may recall that the treaty provides for a single discharge for the commission. Of course, I remain open for any other questions.

26:27 - 26:51

Andreas Schwab

Thank you so much, Minister. I know that it's not always easy to speak on behalf of an institution; therefore, we take note of all your constructive comments. I would wonder if there are any other comments from this group of MEPs in connection to the council discharge or to the council in general. I don't see it. Ah, yeah.

Mister Stikhovsky is the coordinator of the EPP group. Over to you.

26:52 - 29:31

Tomáš Zdechovský

Yes. Thank you very much, Mister Chair, and one more congratulations on your election. And we are very happy, Minister, that you are here. Nice to see you here. And we would like to make an evolution step, also something which can bring us much closer to the council because it's really necessary to have a transparent role here.

And we are always prepared for dialogue and communication with the council to find a final decision. I think that, you know me, I am a very open person. Also, last term I was preparing a negotiation team that would like to have an agreement with the council, and I hope that we will find a way to manage it because, as a European institution, we need to be much stronger, work together, and avoid any fights between us. Also, this is why I am looking forward to the cooperation. And to motivate you, I am absolutely sure that it's not necessary to be a big country in the European Union.

Also, the small country can be the winner of the game. And you see, our president of the European Parliament comes from Malta, the second smallest country. You are from Cyprus. Also, you can be the winner of the game, and you can be the historic person who finds the way to manage this very important issue for us. I cannot grill anyone.

I think that we are partners, you and I. And as partners, we can also find the final results. Thank you very much. I'm very happy that you are here with us and your entire team. You respond very concretely, and you were very well prepared for these meetings.

Although we very much appreciate people like you here in the committee, you are always invited not only as part of the investigated body but also as someone who is making the future for our children. Thanks a lot.

29:32 - 29:41

Andreas Schwab

Thank you very much, Mr. Stikovsky. Are there any other questions from colleagues? Then, I would, for a final conclusion, give the floor again to you, minister.

29:43 - 30:24

Chrisostomos Papagiannis

Thank you very much for this constructive approach. And, as the Cyprus presidency, we also have in our priorities and our logo that as a unity, we can be stronger, and this is something that we fully align with your comments. And also, irrespective of the size of the country, we always have a significant role to play. And, of course, we are also drawing from our priorities that we are open. We would like to have openness, and we are open to any constructive dialogue. We will much welcome this happening in the near future.

30:24 - 30:25

Thank you very much.

30:26 - 30:52

Andreas Schwab

Thank you very much, Mr. Papadiannis, for this conclusion. That resumes our agenda point number four, and we can then turn in time to item five, which is about establishing Horizon Europe, the framework program for research and innovation for the period 2028-2034. And our rapporteur for opinion is Olivier Chastel, Laperol, and Tavet.

30:52 - 33:13

Olivier Chastel

You have the floor. Thank you very much, Chairman.

I would also like to take this occasion to congratulate you on becoming the chair of this committee. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, on January 16, the commission published its proposal concerning the coming long-term budget of the European Union for the period 2028 to 2034, including the draft regulation establishing for this period a new framework program for research and innovation, Horizon Europe. This Horizon Europe program for the period 2028 to 2034 constitutes an essential step to put European innovation back at the heart of competitiveness in Europe and research policies. Now, I don't need to remind you that this program has been subject to considerable error rates despite the efforts of the commission to try to simplify procedures and keep PR and HR costs down. I think this opinion is very clear and shares the points that we all share as well about wanting fund traceability, access to data for those being controlled, audits and anti-fraud, the importance of organizing training so that applicants can fill in these files better, do the reporting better, and also to continue the simplification and digitization of all this to continue reducing the administrative burden.

We support simplification, especially when it comes to flat-rate payments, but never to the detriment of responsibility and transparency. And so, high-risk products or large-scale products still need to be subject to solid, robust controls to avoid double financing, irregularities, and abuse. And finally, the bolstering of rules on conflicts of interest, the publication of final beneficiaries in cooperation with OLAF and the EPPO, sends out a very clear signal. European innovation is being built with ambition, integrity, and the confidence of European citizens. Thank you.

33:16 - 33:16

It was very clear.

33:16 - 33:32

Andreas Schwab

Coming now to the round of shadows. For the EPP, it's Monica Hohlmeier. She's not here. Yes. And for the S and D, it's Erohainel Lyoma.

But I think he's in Danita, and then we will come over to you. Mister Knootek, you have the floor.

33:34 - 35:52

Ondřej Knotek

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon, colleagues. I would also like to thank our reporter, Mr. Chastel, for a very well-drafted opinion, which provides, let's say, a solid basis for further discussion. We definitely welcome the proposal establishing Horizon Europe for the next period, including the increased budget, which demonstrates the key role of research and innovation in strengthening the EU's global position and competitiveness. We welcome the emphasis on simplicity, reduced administrative burden, flexibility, and faster deployment of EU funds.

We definitely support key priority areas such as quantum computing, aviation, artificial intelligence, and data sovereignty. In the reporter's opinion, we appreciate a strong focus on public accountability, transparency, equal treatment, and the protection of the EU budget. Even though we like the approach of the file, we plan some amendments. So, our amendments will focus on clarifying the governance of the program, in particular, the role of member states. In the case of European partnership, strengthening the role of member states in the proposal, selection, and approval of individual partnerships.

We would also like to see greater flexibility, including a member state among so-called widening countries, and ensuring that support remains sufficiently open to allow effective participation of stakeholders from all member states, including those with less developed innovation systems. Also, the need to preserve the autonomy of the European Research Council in its decision-making. And last but not least, to clarify the links between Horizon Europe and the European Competitiveness Fund, particularly the extent of the Competitiveness Fund's influence on research and innovation activities, as well as the coherence with InvestEU. So this is the area of our amendments, and we are looking for cooperation with the reporter and the team. Thank you very much.

35:53 - 36:07

Andreas Schwab

Thank you very much, Mr. Knootek. For the ECR, it would be Mr. Sturza, but I don't see him. For the Greens, Mr. Freund, would you like to have the floor?

36:07 - 36:25

Daniel Freund

Sure. Thanks to Mister Charlestell for the good opinion. Our shadow is Damian Burslager, if I'm not mistaken. He will certainly come with amendments if anything needs to be changed, but I think, by and large, we agree with the assessment that the rapporteur has made. Thanks.

36:25 - 36:43

Andreas Schwab

Thank you very much, Mr. Freund. For the left, it's Rudi Kennes. As I'm new to this committee, I want to be very polite in asking those colleagues who are on my list to be mentioned at least. Maybe I will skip that at a later stage. And like that, I would give the floor back to you, Olivier.

36:48 - 37:17

Olivier Chastel

Well, thank you very much.

Well, thanks to those colleagues who are here for this initial exchange of views. Obviously, we're going to await all of the amendments to be tabled before we address this. Let's not forget that the deadline for tabling amendments is March 5 at 2 PM, and we'll put this text to the vote on March 25. Thank you very much. Maybe I can just check with you.

37:17 - 37:31

Andreas Schwab

It does say here March 6 at 2 PM. That's Friday. Is that the information you have got? Okay. We'll keep to March 6 then.

That's clear for colleagues, and the vote in the committee will take place on March 24.

37:32 - 01:02:51

Andreas Schwab

With that, we can finalize that item on our agenda. And now we're just going to have a little break and adjourn until half past three, when we'll start our votes. But we do have to wait until half past three for that.

So, colleagues, we are back with item six: discharge 2024, general budget of the European Union. We have to vote on the adoption of the draft report of the Parliament. Our speaker is Mr. Gerbrandy and I would like to know if he wants to make a comment before we start the vote.

01:02:53 - 01:03:45

Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy

Yes. Thank you, Chair, and I'll be extremely brief. First of all, I would like to thank my colleagues, the shadow operators, for the great cooperation, including our former chair. I was very grateful for his flexibility on this file. And hopefully, we're able to provide photo reports through this time.

So, that is the first thing I wanted to say. I also wanted to thank the people who assisted me in an impressive way. First of all, my personal assistant, Doctor, but we all know that a lot of the work is being done by our people from the secretariat. So I'd like to thank, in particular, Hans and his assistant, Katerina, for the great work they have done for this report. Thank you.

01:03:46 - 01:04:25

Andreas Schwab

Thank you very much for these comments, German Jan. And then, we will start with the test vote. I would like to let you know that some of our colleagues have been asking for a replacement, which is documented here. They say that I have to read it. I think it's a bit of a loss of time because I know you.

Mr. Zepeda cannot be here. He is replaced by Nacho Sánchez Amora. Buenos días. Esteban Gonzalez Ponce cannot be here. He's replaced by Fernando Navarrete. Also, Buenos días.

Marit May cannot be here. She's been replaced by Maria Neuchel. Here we are. Exactly. Hello.

01:04:31 - 01:04:33

By Vivian Constanto. Welcome.

01:04:36 - 01:15:53

Andreas Schwab

Also, here. And finally, Mr. Sergejed can't be here. Valentina Palmisan is here. No. He's here.

Perfect. He will not be replaced. Thank you so much. Also, this is a nice surprise. And lastly, Carla Tavas cannot be here, and she is replaced by Martha Timido.

Excellent. So let's maybe check and vote, so that we know if the numbers are here. Do we have someone to be replaced as well? So, Virginie Girond is replaced by you. Okay.

So then, let's go for a test vote. Can we do a check? Let's open the vote. So one member is missing. One moment, now we are full; then we can close the vote.

Is it fine? Are we? Yeah. No problem. Okay. Then we start with the vote.

And I will present to you, and it's the first time that I have to organize this, so please give me a bit of patience. I will read out the text, and we will then go for the vote. So, there is a single vote decision on discharge with respect to the implementation in general. This is the first vote. The grant discharge is a plus, and minus would mean postponing the discharge on the report of Mr.

Gerbrandi. So, can I open the vote? It's a vote. It's a roll call vote. Exactly.

We open the vote. We close the vote. And it is adopted. So now we come to compromise amendment one: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. We come to compromise Amendment 2.

Okay. Show of hands. Against abstentions adopted. We come to compromise Amendment 3. Who is in favor?

Thank you. Who is against it? Who is abstaining? One abstention, a few rejections adopted. Then we come to compromise amendment 4.

In favor? Thank you. Against? Abstentions are adopted. We come to a compromise amendment.

Ah, sorry. There are exactly two amendments. FAM Committee, amendment three: who is in favor? Who's against it? Well, probably it's in favor, but let's check it.

So, let's check FAM 3. The vote is open. The vote is closed. So, the same numbers are in favor and against. Therefore, it falls.

FAM six, and we will also immediately start a roll call vote or a check. So, please open the vote. Farm six inches. And we have one vote missing. When we can close the vote, it is adopted.

In favor: 13; against: 13. Then we come to compromise amendment five: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. We come to compromise amendment six, next page. In favor? Against? Abstentions are adopted. We come to Compromise Amendment 7.

In favor? Thank you. Against? Abstentions are adopted. We come to compromise on Amendment 8 in favor.

Thank you again. Abstentions are adopted. We come to Compromise Amendment 9 in favor. Against. Abstentions. Against abstentions.

Thank you very much. Adopted, we come to Compromise Amendment 11. In favor? Thank you. Against abstentions.

Also adopted, we come to compromise amendment 12A in favor. Against? Abstentions are adopted. We come to compromise amendment 12b. In favor? Is it a roll-call vote?

Okay. We've been requested by S and P. Yes. We open the vote. Please vote.

Close the vote. And the result is adopted: 14 in favour, 9 against. Then, we come to Compromise Amendment 13. In favour, against, abstentions adopted. We come to Compromise Amendment 14. In favor, against, abstentions adopted.

We come to FAM 11. Is it a roll call vote, or do we just open the vote? Please vote. Still two members are missing. So, we close, and it's rejected.

14 against 13 in favor. Then we come to amendment 121 by Mr. In favor. Against. Abstention rejected. We come to compromise amendment 15 in favor.

Against. Abstention is adopted. We come to compromise amendment 16, adopted in favor against abstentions. We come to compromise amendment 17. In favor, against, abstentions adopted. We come to compromise amendment 18.

In favor, against, abstentions adopted. We come to compromise amendment 19a, and I would like to tell you which one. I think we came here to compromise on amendment 19a, and I wanted to use the intervention of Maria Grapini to thank you, as so far, things have gone very smoothly. Thank you so much. So, compromise amendment 19a: in favor, reject, against, abstention. Adopted. We come to compromise amendment 164 of my predecessor, Mr. Helbst, in favor.

Against? Abstention. It seems rejected, but we will check it. Open the vote. 164.

164. Yes. We have closed the vote. So, 11 in favor. 18 against.

So rejected. We come to Compromise Amendment 19b. So, we also check this and open the vote. One vote missing. We close the vote, and it is adopted.

Then we come to compromise amendment 20. Who's in favor? Against? Abstention? Adopted. We come to compromise amendment 21, adopted in favor against abstention. We come to the compromise amendment. No. Not to compromise, but to amend 90b, which is not even a page, and it's a roll call vote.

We open the vote. 90 billion. Two votes are missing. One is missing. And we close the vote.

17 in favor, certain against; adopted. We come to compromise amendment 22. In favor, against, abstentions? Adopted. We come to compromise amendment 23. In favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. We come to compromise amendment 24: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. We come to Compromise Amendment 25.

Thanks for your help. In favor, against, abstentions adopted. We come to compromise amendment 30. We check it in the same manner: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. Then we come to amendment 203 of Mrs. Sanchez.

It's a roll call. We open the vote now, please vote. 203. We have closed the vote. 21 against, it's rejected.

We come to Amendment 205. I opened the number. We can do it like that. No. In favor?

Against. Abstentions. Rejected. Then, we come to 31. Thank you.

Amendment 31 in favor? Against. Abstention is adopted. And then we can already come to the final vote, and I'm very grateful that it has gone so smoothly so far. So, please open the vote.

It's adopted with 21 votes in favor, 6 against, and 3 abstentions. Yeah. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. You did an excellent effort, but it continues because now we come to items seven to fifteen: the 2024 discharge, the general budget of the EU, and other institutions.

Our rapporteur is Pasquale Dridico from the left. Would you like to make a short comment?

01:15:54 - 01:15:57

Pasquale Tridico

Just thank you to everybody, in particular to the shadow. Nothing more.

01:15:57 - 01:16:19

Andreas Schwab

Thank you very much. Congrats. So then, we come here, and I hope that we can manage it in the same manner. We come to the first vote, which is the decision on the discharge. What is it called? It's the decision on the discharge.

It's the decision on the discharge. So, in favor? Discharge. Against?

01:16:19 - 01:16:20

It's a roll call vote.

01:16:20 - 02:02:56

Andreas Schwab

It's a roll-call vote. Yes. We have to open the vote. Thank you so much. So, open the vote.

Five votes are missing. The first one is the European External Action Service. Sorry for this. One vote is missing, but we will close the vote now. And the result is 22 in favour, 6 against, 1 abstention adopted.

Then we come to paragraph 1, amendment 2. It's only a technical correction, exactly. We come to amendment five of Mr. Ericsson. Who is in favor? Who is against? Who abstains? Rejected. Then we come to compromise amendment one: in favor, against, abstention. Adopted. We come to compromise amendment two, in favor, against, abstention, adopted.

We come to a compromise exactly. We come to the vote before compromise amendment 3, which is amendment 13. Mister Ericsson, in favor? Are you against abstention? Okay.

We can check that if you want. So we open the vote on the amendment 13 of Mr. Ericsson. Close the vote, and it has been adopted 17-13. And now, we come to compromise amendment 3. Favor, against, abstentions?

Well, I have to tell you, we have to check that again. Who is in favor of compromise amendment three? Against abstentions. Now it's clear it has been adopted. Compromise amendment four was adopted in favor, against abstentions.

Compromise on amendment five is not yet reached. We can't. We can't. 18. Amendment 18, in favor, against, abstentions: rejected.

Compromise amendment five was adopted in favor, against, with abstentions. Amendment 21, Miss Fritico. In favor? Against. Abstention is adopted.

22, Mr. Bursilada. In favor? Against. Abstentions are rejected. Compromise Amendment 6.

In favor? Against? Abstentions are adopted. Amendment 25. In favor?

Adopted against abstentions. Amendment 26, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment 27 split vote, part one: in favor? Yes. Adopted against abstentions.

27, part two, in favor? Are you against abstentions? Let's check it. 27. Please open the vote.

Second part. 27, part two. One vote is missing. We close the vote, and it's adopted with 11 votes to 10 and 9 extensions. 28, split vote.

Again, part one of Mr. Roosene, another amendment from another colleague in favor, against, abstentions. I would say adopted. Yeah. We can check if you want. 28, part 1.

Close the vote. 16 in favor. Twenty-eighth part. In favor? Adopted against abstentions.

29 in favor, against, abstentions rejected. 31 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 32 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 33 in favor, against abstentions. We have to check that.

33. Let's open the vote. Okay. Let's close the vote. 12 in favor, 10 against. Adopted.

Compromise amendment seven was adopted in favor, against, and with abstentions. Compromise amendment eight was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. Compromise amendment nine was adopted in favor, against, with abstentions. Compromise amendment 10 was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. Compromise amendment 10a was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions.

Compromise amendment 11 was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. Amendment, yes. I'm sorry that I was faster than thinking. 59 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 60.

Open the vote. Amendment 60. Open the vote. Two votes are missing. Close the vote.

60 is rejected. 61. Open the vote, please. Close the vote. It's rejected.

62. Please open the vote. Close the vote. It's rejected 21 to 8. 63 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

At 66, we don't have to vote. And 67 in favor, against abstentions, adopted. 69 in favor, against abstentions. I would say adopted, but we checked that. 69. Please open the vote.

Please close the vote. It was adopted 16 to 14. Amendment 70, in favor, against, abstentions; I would say adopted. 71 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 72 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

Compromise amendment 12 was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. 75 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment 13 was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. And then we come to amendment 94. In favor, against, abstentions? Adopted. 95 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

96 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 97 in favor, against, abstentions rejected. 98 in favor, against, abstentions. Oh, we have to check it. 98, please.

Open the vote. Close the vote. 16 to 14 was adopted. Sorry for this. Amendment 99: in favor, against, abstentions.

Well, I have to check that as well. I'm sorry. 99. Open the vote. Close the vote.

That was my mistake. 22 against. Eight in favor; rejected. Amendment handled in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Amendment 101 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

One hundred and two in favor, against abstentions, adopted. 104 in favor, against abstentions rejected. Compromise amendment 14 was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. 108 in favor. Adopted against abstentions.

109 in favor. Against abstentions were rejected. We check 109. 109, please vote. Yeah.

Close the vote. Well, thank you, Maria. 15 in favor, 14 against. Your experience in the internal market committee is your advantage. Absolutely.

One hundred eleven in favor, against abstentions, adopted. One hundred and one to one hundred and two in favor, against abstentions adopted. Affect two in favor, against abstentions adopted. Affect four in favor, against abstentions adopted. Affect 8 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

Affect 9 in favor, against abstentions adopted. And finally, amendment one, in favor, against, abstentions, was adopted in the final vote as a roll call vote. And two votes are missing, then we can close the vote. And it was adopted with 21 votes in favor, seven against, and one abstention. Congratulations.

Now we come to the next vote, and thank you so much for this excellent behavior and concentration that you have shown here. It's amazing. We come to the vote on the budget of the European Ombudsman. Our aperture is again, Mr. Tridico, but I think your comments were already amazing. Before we come to the first vote, which is a roll call vote, the general discharge who is in, yeah.

We open the vote, please. Oh, gosh. Eight votes are missing. Eight votes are missing. Now we can close the vote.

So the discharge for the ombudsman was adopted with 24 in favor and 2 against. We go to the amendments. Amendment three, kineki kinechi: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. We come to compromise amendment one: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. We come to compromise amendment two: in favor, against, abstentions. Oh no!

I don't know. Can we do it again, please? Compromise amendment two was adopted in favor, against, with abstentions. We come to amendment nine: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. We come to compromise amendment three, adopted in favor, against, and abstentions.

We come to Mr. Zepeda. His amendment 14 was adopted, with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. Another one: fifteen in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment four: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. Amendment 20 by Mr. Bersilager: in favor, against, abstentions. I would say it is adopted.

21 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment five was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. We come to comp, we need to come to compromise, not compromise. I meant we come to amendment 36: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. We come to amendment 37: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted.

We come to amendment 38: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. We come to compromise amendment six, adopted in favor, against, and abstentions. We come to compromise amendment seven, adopted in favor, against, and abstentions. We come to compromise amendment 43 in favor, no? It's an amendment.

Amendment. Yes. Sorry for this. We come to amendment 43: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. We come to compromise amendment 44, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.

Now, we come to compromise amendment 8. In favor, against, abstention: we come to compromise amendment nine. Adopted. Yeah. Eight was adopted.

9 in favor. Against abstentions were also adopted. We come to amendment 50, in favor. Against, abstentions adopted. We come to amendment one: in favor, against, abstentions adopted. We come to amendment two: in favor or against?

We have to check that amendment two. Open the vote. Close the vote. Adopted 16 to 13. And we come to the final vote, and we also open the vote here. Call the vote. Roll call vote.

Close the vote. 27 in favor, one abstention, and one against. Congratulations. Now, thank you very much. We come to the next vote, which is the discharge of the European Data Protection Supervisor.

The decision on the discharge is the first one, as a roll call vote. Open the vote. Close the vote. 25 in favor. This charge is complete.

Vote on amendment number one: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. Two in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment one was adopted in favor, against, and with abstentions. Sixth amendment: six in favor, against, abstentions rejected. Seven in favor, against, abstentions.

Probably, we have to check. I don't know. Maybe I will know in the future, but at the moment, I don't know. So our vote is open, and it's closed. And the result on Amendment Seven is very slim.

13 in favor, 12 against, and 4 abstentions. Amendment eight, in favor, against, abstentions—I would say rejected, but we will also check this amendment eight. Open the vote. Close the vote. 12 in favor.

14 were rejected. Amendment nine, in favor? Against. Abstentions rejected. Amendment 10 in favor?

Against. Abstentions. We have to check that as well. Amendment 10: open the vote. Close the vote.

12 rejected and 9 in favor, so it's rejected. 11. Amendment 11: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. Amendment 12. In favor?

Adopted against abstentions. Amendment compromise, amendment two. In favor? Adopted against abstentions. Amendment 15, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.

Amendment 16, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment 17 was adopted in favor, against, and with abstentions. 18 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 19 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 20 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

21 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 22 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Liebe, amendment three in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Liebe Four, second part in favor, against, abstentions adopted. And final vote: roll call vote.

Open the vote. Close the vote. 26 in favor. Two are against. One abstention.

Congratulations. The next ones are the European Council and the Council. We have heard it before. So the decision on the discharge, in general, is in favor against Roll Call vote. I thought it was so clear, but you want to see it black on white.

So, open the vote. Close the vote. Yeah. 27 against. It's rejected.

Now we have to do the votes, and the first vote is on amendment 5. In favor? Against. Abstentions are adopted. Amendment six in favor, against, abstentions: adopted.

Amendment seven, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Compromise amendment one was adopted in favor, against, and with abstentions. Compromise amendment two, in favor against abstentions, was adopted. Amendment 16 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 17 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

Amendment 8.17, we can check absolutely. Please open the vote. So, we close the vote. 16 in favor, 13 against. Amendment 18: in favor, against, abstentions. We also check 18.

Please open the vote. Close the vote. 16 in favor and 12 against. 19 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment three: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted.

Amendment 22: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. 23 in favor, against, abstentions rejected. Amendment 24, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Compromise amendment four was adopted in favor, against, and with abstentions. 28 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

Compromise amendment five was adopted in favor, against, and with abstentions. 34 in favor, against, abstentions rejected. 35 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 36 in favor, against abstentions, adopted. 37 in favor, against, we have to check that.

37. Please open the vote. Mister Molnar. Close the vote. 14 against.

13 in favor. 38. In favor. Yeah. 13 in favor.

14 against, and therefore it is rejected. 38 in favor? Adopted against abstentions. 39 in favor? Adopted against abstentions.

40 in favor? Against, abstentions, I would say rejected again, but let's check. Close the vote. Well, 15 in favor, 13 against. You don't make it easy because I could have imagined that the vote was the same as last time, but it was different.

So, you see, we have to check that. We now, it's adopted. We now vote on Amendment 41. 41. In favor?

Are you against abstentions? Again, 41. In favor, please raise your hands. Against? Abstentions are adopted.

42. In favor? Against? Abstentions ? I would say adopted, but we check 42 as well.

Two, closed a vote, and the result is clear. 16 in favor, 12 against. 43 in favor, against, abstentions rejected. 44 in favor, against, abstentions. Reject. I want to check.

Reject it. Okay? 44. Please vote on 44. Close the vote, and it is rejected.

15 against. 40 no. Then 46. No. 44, we have to vote because it has not been adopted.

About 44, we did it. It was not adopted. It was not adopted. 45. Thank you very much.

Amendment 45, in favor? Against? Abstentions are rejected. Then we come to 46. Well, 46 is all from okay.

46, we open the vote. 46. We can close the vote. Rejected. 14. 47 in favor, against abstentions.

I would say adopted, but we don't show that much of your hands. So, let's check it. 47. Open the vote. Close the vote.

47 is adopted. 50 to 13. 48 doesn't need a vote. 49 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 50.

In favor, against, abstentions adopted. 56. Compromise six. Compromise amendment six was adopted in favor. Compromise amendment seven was adopted in favor.

Amendment 58: in favor, against, adopt, abstentions adopted to many AES. And then we come to vote on amendment one: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted; two: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted; three: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. And we come to the final vote; we open the vote. Three votes are missing, but we closed the vote. Now, the result is clear.

19 in favor, 6 against. Congratulations to Robert Poteur. We come to the next item, discharge. It's the European Public Prosecutor's Office. The decision under this charge is a roll call vote.

I open the vote. Two votes are missing. I close the vote, and it's done. 24 in favor. And then we come to amendment nine: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.

We come to compromise amendment one, in favor, against, abstentions; adopted because there was no need for abstention. We come to compromise amendment two, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. We come to compromise amendment three, adopted in favor, against, with abstentions. We come to amendment 20. In favor? Against?

Abstentions ? I would say adopted, but we checked amendment number 20 by Gilles Boyer and colleagues. I opened the vote. I think it's clearly adopted now, but a double check always helps. We close the vote.

22 in favor. We come to amendment 21: in favor, against, abstentions. You like each other, so we check it. We check it. Amendment 21, I think it will be very close, but we will see two votes missing.

And we close the vote. Yes. It's rejected, with 15 votes. Compromise amendment four was adopted in favor, against, with abstentions. Amendment 24, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.

25 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 26 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 28 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 29 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise Amendment Five.

In favor, against, abstentions adopted. 32. In favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment six was adopted in favor, against, and abstentions. 35 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

36 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 37 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment. Seven in favor, against, abstentions adopted. And I just want to tell you here, I see as well that some colleagues are always voting against, so if I'm fast, it doesn't mean that I ignore this, but the majority seem clear that I can be pushing.

So, if you think it's too fast, tell me. Amendment 40, in favor, against, abstentions: adopted. 41 in favor, against abstentions adopted. 42 in favor, against, abstentions. We have to check 42.

Please open the vote. Close the vote. Well, it is rejected. 43 in favor, against, abstentions; we have to check that as well. 43, please open the vote.

Yeah. Now, it's very clear. Close the vote. 27 in favor. It's adopted.

44 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment eight was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. 46 in favor, against, abstentions, rejected. 48 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 49 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

40, 50. 50 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 51 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 52 in favor, none against, no abstentions. Adopted. 54 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

55 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 57, a roll call vote. Please open the vote. Close the vote. 57 is adopted.

22 in favor. Compromise amendment nine was adopted in favor, against, with abstentions. Now we have to vote on it. Good. We have to vote on the 58-second part.

There is a roll call request by the SMB group. Please open the vote. So, amendment 58, second part. Close the vote. It's adopted.

50. Then we come to amendment 62, in favor, against, abstentions, of compromise. Amendment 10, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. We come to amendment 11, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. We come to the final vote. Please open the vote. Close the vote.

21 in favor, 5 against, adopted. Congratulations, also here. Now, we come to the Court of Justice of the European Union. The decision on the discharge was a roll call vote. I open the vote.

I close the vote. The ditch charge is given: 24 in favor, 5 against. We come to paragraph one, amendment two: in favor, against, adopted, and abstentions, sorry. We have to do it again. I don't want to ignore the abstentions.

In favor of amendment two: against, abstentions adopted. Amendment three, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment four: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. We come to compromise amendment one. In favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. We come to amendment 13. In favor, against? Compromise amendment 2 is first.

You are absolutely right. Compromise amendment two was adopted in favor, against, with abstentions. Amendment 13 is now in favor, against. Okay. So, there is, unfortunately, a mistake in my list. So we vote on amendment 12: in favor, against, abstentions, rejected.

Now, we come to Amendment 13. In favour, against, abstentions adopted. We come to Amendment 14. In favor, against, abstentions adopted. We come to amendment 16, in favor, against. It's also here, unfortunately, on my list. I'm so sorry.

But then we do fifteen first. We come to amendment 15: in favor, against, abstentions, rejected. No. It's 16. No.

It's 16. 16. 16 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 17 in favor. Against? Abstentions are adopted.

18 in favor? Against? Abstentions are adopted. 19 in favor? Against?

Abstentions favor? Against? Abstentions are adopted. Adopted. In 2021, a roll call vote.

Please open the vote. Close the vote. 27 against. It's rejected. 22, op, yeah.

In favor? Against. Abstentions are rejected. 23 in favor? Against.

Abstention has been adopted. Compromise amendment three was adopted in favor, against, and with abstentions. Amendment 28 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Amendment 30 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment four was adopted in favor, against abstentions.

Exactly. Amendment 36. No. 34. The EPP voting list has a problem.

Yeah. Amendment 34. I will now replace this. Amendment 34. In favor?

Against abstentions were rejected. Amendment 36: in favor, against, abstentions; rejected. Amendment 38: in favor, against, abstentions — rejected. Seven in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Nine in favor, none against, no abstentions. Adopted.

You read 25 in favor, against abstentions, adopted. Amendment one was adopted in favor, against, with abstentions. And final vote, I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted with 25 votes.

Congratulations, also here. Now we come to the Economic and Social Committee and the discharge here. Everything okay? Yeah. Decision on the discharge: I open the vote.

Roll call. Roll, yeah. I mean, if I open the vote, it cannot be otherwise. So, I close the vote. 26 in favor.

The discharge is done. Now we come to amendment two: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. Amendment three in favor, against, abstentions: adopted. Compromise amendment one was adopted in favor, against, and with abstentions. Compromise? No.

Amendment six: in favor, against, abstentions, rejected. Amendment seven: In favor: against: abstentions: adopted compromise amendment two. In favor, against, abstentions adopted. Amendment 11. In favor, against, abstentions adopted.

Amendment 12 in favor, against, abstentions: adopted. Amendment 14 was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. Amendment 15, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment 16, check 15. Wait.

14. 15. 15. Let's check 15. I think there is now one S and one D member.

Okay. It's good. Everything is good now. Now it's fine because this card has been taken out, and we are with Amendment 15. And we wait for all the members to vote.

Six members are missing; amendment 15. And we close the vote. And it's very close, as it is closed. 14 in favor, 13 against Amendment 15. Compromise amendment three was adopted in favor, against, with abstentions.

Compromise amendment four in favor? Compromise amendment four was adopted in favour, against abstentions. Now we come to amendment 20: in favour, against, abstentions, adopted. We come to Compromise Amendment five, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. 23 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

24 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Or shall we check the 24? We check it, please. Maybe we discover that I was wrong, but we check it. 24.

Open the vote. We close the vote on '24, and the result is 16 against, certainly in favor, so it's rejected. 25 in favor, against abstentions. We also check this 25. 25, please open the vote.

Please close the vote. Amendment 25 is adopted, so another majority. Compromise amendment six, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment 29 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 30.

In favor, against, abstentions. Well, let's check 30. Open the vote. Amendment 30. Close the vote, and it is rejected.

Sorry for this. Amendment 31 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 32 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 33 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment seven was adopted in favor, against, with abstentions.

Compromise amendment eight was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. 40 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 41 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 42. In favor?

Against abstentions? We have to check that. 42. Please check. 42.

Open the vote. Close the vote, and it is rejected. 43. In favor, against, abstentions, rejected. 44.

In favor, against, abstentions adopted. 45. In favor? Against favor? Against?

Let me check, please: amendment one. Open the vote. Close the vote. Amendment one is adopted with a vote of 16 to 13. And then, we come to the final vote.

I open the vote. Final vote. Open the vote. And we close the vote, and it's adopted with 25 votes against 3. We come to the European Court of Auditors.

The discharge, in general, requires a roll call vote. I open the vote. I close the vote. The discharge on the European Court of Auditors was 26 in favor, one against. Amendment one is only technical.

Amendment two: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. Amendment three, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment four, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment five, in favor, against, abstentions: rejected. Amendment six, in favor, against, abstentions: rejected.

Amendment seven. It's a roll-call vote. We open the vote. Please vote. Amendment 7.

Let's wait for the last colleague to vote. Close the vote. And Amendment Seven is adopted, 15 to 30. Amendment eight, in favor, against, abstentions: adopted. Amendment nine, in favor, against, abstentions: adopted.

Amendment 10. In favor, against, abstentions, we have to check with amendment 10. Please open the vote on item 10. Close the vote, and it is adopted. Compromise amendment one, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.

Amendment 14: in favor, against, abstentions. Let's check 14. Open the vote. Close the vote. 14 is rejected. 15.

In favor, against, abstentions adopted. At 16:00, there is a roll call vote. I open the vote. I close the vote, and it is rejected. 17, I open the vote.

I close the vote, and it is rejected. 18 in favor, against, abstentions; we have to check 18 as well. I'm sorry. Open the vote. Now I think it's clear, but it was not clear with the indication that I saw.

So, we close the vote. It's adopted. 19 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment 2. In favor, against, abstentions adopted.

23. In favor, against, abstentions, rejected. Compromise Amendment 3. In favor, against, abstentions. Adopted.

Amendment 28: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted. Compromise amendment four passed in favor, against abstentions. Adopted. Amendment 31 is in favor. Now, there's a roll call vote.

We open the vote on the 31st. We close the vote on the 31st, and the result is 24 against. It's rejected. Compromise amendment five was adopted in favor, against, with abstentions. We come to amendment 37: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted.

38 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 39 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 40 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise Amendment Six was adopted in favor, against abstentions. 44 in favor, against, abstentions rejected.

45 in favor, against, abstentions rejected. 46 in favor. Against? Abstentions rejected: 47. In favor? Against?

Abstentions rejected: 48. In favor? Against? Abstentions rejected: 49. In favor?

Against, abstentions rejected: 50. In favor: 51; against: abstentions rejected. In favor: 52; against: abstentions adopted. In favor, against, abstentions. Rejected, 53.

In favor, against, abstentions. Rejected, 54. In favor, against, abstentions. Rejected, 55. In favor, against, abstentions.

Rejected, 57. In favor, against, abstention. We have to check that 57. Please open the vote. And please close the vote; it is adopted.

56 in favor, against, abstentions also adopted. 58 in favor, against, abstentions rejected. And the final vote, a roll call vote, we open the vote. Sorry. Yeah.

Please, you have the floor. Please. Yeah. Can we have a suspension of the vote for a while? Just one second.

02:02:56 - 02:03:51

Pasquale Tridico

Yeah. We can have a break of two minutes, please. One minute. Thank you. Okay. Thank you very much.

02:03:51 - 02:08:26

Andreas Schwab

That means that we come to the final vote now. I open the vote. I open the vote, and I close the vote. And the result is 16 in favor, 2 against, and 11 abstentions on the European Court of Auditors. Now, we come to the Committee of the Regents.

The decision on the discharge, in general, I open the vote. And I close the vote. And it's the discharge, it's done. Amendment six, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Compromise amendment one, in favor, against, abstentions: adopted.

Amendment 11, in favor, against, abstentions: rejected. Amendment 12, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment 13, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Compromise amendment two, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment 19, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.

Amendment 20: in favor, against, abstentions, rejected. Amendment 21, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment 22 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Amendment 23 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Amendment 24, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.

Amendment 25: in favor, against, abstentions. I think it's adopt, but we can check the 25th. Please open the vote. Close the vote. 14 in favor, 13 against, and I was right, but it was very slim.

And so, tell me all the time if you want to check. Short, exactly. Short experience with a good result. 26 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 27 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

28 in favor, against, abstentions. Well, we also check 28. Please open the vote. 28. Close the vote.

And it is rejected. Compromise amendment three was adopted in favor, against, and with abstentions. Compromise amendment four was adopted in favor, against abstentions. Thanks. We have to vote on amendment 37: in favor, against, abstentions. Adopted.

38 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 39 in favor, against, abstentions. Well, we have to check this. 39. Please check.

Open the vote. One vote is missing. Close the vote. It's rejected. Amendment 40 is in favor.

Against abstention, you also have to check 40. Open the vote. 40. Three votes are missing. Close the vote.

Amendment 40 is adopted. Amendment 41, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. 42 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment five was adopted, with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. Amendment 45 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

46 in favor, against, abstentions, rejected. 47 in favor, against, abstention. I would say rejected, but we check 47. Open the vote. 47.

Close the vote. Rejected. 48 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 49 in favor, against, abstentions adopted. 50 in favor, against, abstentions adopted.

Compromise amendment six was adopted in favor, against, with one abstention. And then we come to Amendment 1. In favor or against?

02:08:26 - 02:08:29

Speaker 19

Vote before. Now it's the final vote.

02:08:29 - 02:15:58

Andreas Schwab

I'm so sorry. We have already come to the final vote. I open the vote. Open the vote. No.

It's unfortunately a mistake here. We closed the vote, and it was adopted with 23 to 5. Thank you very much. Thank you very much to the rapporteur, Mr. Tridico. That means that we have also completed this important discharge.

And now, we come to the vote on the joint undertakings. It's item 16. And I will use this paper here. So, that helps us maybe to be even more successful, and you join us here. So the vote on the joint undertakings, here is the rapporteur, Mr. Molnar.

We have to make the decision on the discharge. I open the vote. Did you make the discharge? It's the 12 different ways to be; we have to do, sorry. I apologize.

So, we have to do 12 different votes here. Not so easy like before. So we do the first, and it's also a roll call vote on the first one, on the CA GU. Joint undertaking, CA. If so, we open the vote.

We close the vote. And the CA joint undertaking is discharged with 22. Sorry. The CA. Yeah.

Now, we come to the next discharge on the CBE joint undertaking. Open the vote. Can you give me the full yes? We close the vote, and the CBU joint undertaking is also discharged. We come to the joint undertaking CH.

I open the vote. I open the vote. Please discharge the joint undertaking CH. Two votes are missing. I close the vote, and it is discharged, adopted 22 to 3.

We come to the single vote discharge on the EU Rail Joint Undertaking. I open the vote. I close the vote, and it's adopted, 22 in favor. We come to the discharge vote on the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre. I open the vote.

I close the vote, and it is also adopted here with 22 in favor and three against. We come to the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. I open the vote for the discharge, and I close the vote. And it was adopted with 22 in favour, three against, and two extensions. We come to the discharge of four of the four joint undertakings.

I open the vote. I close the vote, and it's discharged with 20 in favor, 5 against, and 2 abstentions. We come to the now. Listen very carefully. CHED CTP 3 joint undertaking. I open the vote.

So, close the vote. 21 in favor, 3 against. We come to the next discharge on IHI. Sorry. So one additional vote on the okay.

So you tell me if it continues not working. We come now to the IHI joint undertaking. I open the vote. I close the vote, and it's 22 in favor, 3 against. We come to this, maybe because of this.

We come to the chips joint undertaking. I open the vote. I close the vote. 23 in favor, 3 against. We come to the Cesar 3 joint undertaking.

I open the vote. César. Yeah. I close the vote, and it's discharged with 22 in favor and 2 against. We come to the SNS joint undertaking.

I open the vote. I close the vote. And, also, discharge is done with 21 in favor, 3 against, and 3 abstentions. And now, we come to the rest. Compromise Amendment One was adopted in favor, against, and with abstentions.

Compromise amendment two, in favor against abstentions, was adopted. We come to amendment 12: in favor, against, abstentions, rejected. We come to amend compromise amendment three. In favor, against, abstentions adopted. We come to compromise amendment four, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.

We come to compromise amendment five, adopted in favor, against, with abstentions. We come to compromise amendment six, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. We come to compromise amendment seven, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Compromise amendment eight was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. Well, I do understand your concern, but I think procedurally, it's not possible because compromise amendments are already a compilation. However, I can propose that we don't vote on all the TRON amendments.

Because there is no vote anymore. Anyway, so we come to compromise amendment 10. In favor, 999. Have nine. Sorry.

Compromise Amendment Nine. I was deluded. Compromise amendment nine was adopted in favor, against, with abstentions. Compromise amendment 10 was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. Compromise 11 was adopted in favor, against abstentions.

Compromise amendment 12 was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. Compromise amendment 13 was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. Compromise amendment 14 was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. Compromise amendment 15 was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. Compromise amendment 16 was adopted with votes in favor, against, and abstentions.

Amendment 52 was rejected, with votes in favor, against, and abstentions. And now, as requested by Missus Degolfsi, we don't vote on the TAN amendments, and we go directly to the final vote. And I open the vote. Please vote. And I close the vote; it is adopted with 21 in favor.

Thank you very much. And I would like to thank the secretariat and all those who have been working on the voting lists because, without that, it would have taken much more time. Thank you so much, and have a nice evening.

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