More than 90% of the European Court of Auditors' recommendations have been accepted and implemented or are being implemented by the European Commission.
60% confidence
EconomyEuropean Union
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The claim conflates two different ECA indicators: acceptance of recommendations (about 79-92% depending on the exercise year) and implementation of recommendations (about 70% implemented in full or in most respects).
The specific figures found come from the ECA's 2022 annual report and concern follow-up of 2019 special-report recommendations, i.e. data published more than two years before the plenary session of 21 October 2026; no 2025/2026 ECA figure confirming an implementation rate above 90% could be located.
ECA follow-up reviews only assess recommendations that have reached their implementation due date, so 'implemented or being implemented' rates cannot be equated with the share of recommendations accepted.
The most recent ECA annual reports (2025 financial year, published October 2026) and the ECA's 'Our activities in 2025' statement located in the search results do not publish an implementation rate above 90%.
Sources
PrimaryEuropean Court of Auditors – 2022 Annual Reports on the implementation of the EU budget (follow-up of recommendations, Chapter 3)"Our analysis shows that the acceptance of our 2019 special report recommendations decreased compared to the previous year, from 83 % to 79 %. The proportion of recommendations implemented in full or in most respects decreased from 75 % to 70 %." ... "Of the remaining 209 recommendations, our auditees have fully implemented 114 (55 %). They have implemented a further 32 (15 %) in most respects" ... "The total proportion of recommendations implemented only in some respects or not at all increased from 20 % to 27 %." Table: "Accepted 66 % / Partially accepted 26 % / Not accepted 8 %".
PrimaryEuropean Court of Auditors – Annual reports concerning the 2025 financial yearAnnual reports on the 2025 financial year published 7 October 2026; the published material summarised in the search results focuses on audit findings and new recommendations (e.g. "Commission monitoring lacked systematic follow-up...") and does not report an implementation rate of ECA recommendations above 90%.