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Posted on 30-04-2025

During its May plenary session, the European Ϸվ is scheduled to vote on the discharge for the implementation of the 2023 EU budget. The Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) recommends granting discharge for eight administrative sections, alongside the European Public Prosecutor's Office. It recommends postponing the decision on granting discharge to the European Council and the Council of the EU.

European water resilience strategy

At a Glance 30-04-2025

Indispensable to life and human activity, water is under multiple and severe pressures. During its May session, the Ϸվ is expected to adopt its recommendations on a strategy to address Europe's most pressing water challenges, which the European Commission has pledged to table in the second quarter of the year.

During Ϸվ's May 2025 plenary session, the Commission is to make a statement on democratic legitimacy, following its continuing authorisation of genetically modified crops despite Ϸվ's consistent objections.

During the May I plenary session, as part of the discharge procedure for the 2023 financial year, the European Ϸվ is due to vote on discharge for 33 EU decentralised agencies and 11 joint undertakings (JUs). The Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) recommends granting discharge to all decentralised agencies, bodies and JUs, except for the European Union Asylum Agency (EUAA), for which it proposes that the decision on discharge be postponed.

During the May I plenary session, the European Ϸվ is to decide on granting discharge for the 2023 financial year to the different EU institutions and bodies. Accounting for more than 95 % of the overall EU budget, the European Commission's budget is at the centre of the discharge procedure. The discharge of the Commission includes its six executive agencies and the grant component of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Separate discharge is granted to the Commission concerning the ...

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