For the seventh consecutive year, the European Court of Auditors issued an adverse opinion on the regularity of EU expenditure

Omissions

• The adverse opinion concerns the legality and regularity of expenditure; it does not mean the EU accounts as a whole were not signed off, as the ECA issues separate opinions on revenue, the reliability of the accounts and specific spending areas.
• The MEP did not mention the size of the error rate found for 2025, which is the quantitative basis for the adverse opinion.
• The exact ECA press release for the 2025 report could not be retrieved within the search limit; confirmation of the 'seventh consecutive year' relies on independent press reporting of the October 2026 ECA annual report, corroborated by the ECA's own 2024 report stating it was the sixth consecutive adverse opinion.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Court of Auditors — Annual report on the EU budget: 10 frequently asked questions (2024 financial year)"Error was again pervasive in 2024: we therefore gave an adverse opinion for the sixth consecutive year."
• SecondaryEU Reporter"... auditors issued an adverse opinion on EU budget expenditure for the seventh consecutive year."
• SecondaryLuxembourg Times"For the seventh consecutive year, the European Court of Auditors has given an adverse opinion on EU expenditure."