Over the past few months, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has published a dozen opinions on the new ways of financing EU policies and programmes from 2028 to 2034 as proposed by the European Commission. In these opinions, the auditors give their views on a wide range of areas of EU action, ranging from competitiveness, research and culture, to cohesion, agriculture, and international support. In this context, the ECA has issued several warnings to EU policymakers – the European Parliament and the Council of the EU – as they embark on negotiating the outcome of these proposals. Some of them, for example, fundamentally change the way EU spending is planned, managed and scrutinised. In such cases, the ECA warns of risks to sound financial management, and calls for stronger safeguards.
European Court of Auditors publishes overview of its opinions on the next MFF
