📢 Starting soon 🕒 11:30 CET: ECA Member @petrisarvamaa will present our Special Report 23/2026 on combating the illicit trade in #tobacco in the EU to the @Europarl_EN’s @EP_BudgControl meeting. 🔗 Read the report: eca.europa.eu/en/publication…

📢 Starting soon 🕒 10:30 CET: ECA Member Marek Opioła will present our Review 01/2026 on the EU #defencepolicy in the spotlight at the joint meeting of the @Europarl_EN’s @EP_BudgControl and @EP_Defence committees. 🔗 Read the review: eca.europa.eu/en/publication…

✅ The EU’s agencies generally managed their finances well in 2025, according to the annual audit by the European Court of Auditors.

📌 Positive financial audit results in 2025 overall, confirming the reliability of financial information 📌 European Institute of Innovation and Technology gets qualified opinions on its accounts and payments 📌 Most errors in payments linked to shortcomings in public procurement

⚠️ The EU’s marine protected areas often fail to receive effective protection, and the EU is unlikely to meet its 2030 marine conservation targets, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors. Key findings👇️

🌊 ‘Marine protected area’ status does not guarantee effective protection 🌊 Ambitious EU targets for marine protection are unlikely to be met 🌊 The difficult but necessary balance between environmental protection and socio-economic impact is yet to be achieved

✅ The EU’s research partnerships – comprising 12 #JointUndertakings (JUs) and assimilated bodies – kept their finances in good order overall in 2025, according to the annual audit by the European Court of Auditors.

📌 Around 800 employees and a €4 billion payment budget in 2025 📌 Global Health EDCTP3 had a qualified audit opinion on payments 📌 ITER nuclear fusion project is at risk of additional cost overruns and delays due to ongoing changes to technical design requirements

📢 Starting soon 🕒 14:15 CEST: ECA President @TonyMurphyECA, together with ECA Member @_Jan_Gregor_ will present our Annual Report on the EU finances for 2025 to the @Europarl_EN’s Plenary session held in Strasbourg. 🔗 Read the report: eca.europa.eu/en/publication…

⚠️ The EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (#RRF) has done little to resolve longstanding weaknesses in public administrations in the member states, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors.

Key findings: 🏛️ Some €50 billion from the COVID fund earmarked for public administration 🏛️ Insufficient focus on structural issues and few significant results achieved 🏛️ Proposed new EU budget only partially addresses performance monitoring weaknesses

⚠️ Funding for close-to-market research under the “industrial leadership” priority of #Horizon2020 – the EU’s 2014-2020 research flagship programme – was not sufficiently geared towards commercialisation of innovative ideas and products, according to a new report by @EUauditors.

🔬 €17 billion available between 2014-2020 to strengthen innovation & growth potential of EU businesses 🔬 Funding for close-to-market research did not systematically target projects with highest potential 🔬 Participants’ economic performance & innovation capacity not tracked