The error rate for EU cohesion spending was 5.7% in 2024, down from 9.3% in 2023

Omissions

• Only one secondary source was found confirming these figures. A primary source from the European Court of Auditors (eca.europa.eu) would strengthen verification.
• The overall EU budget error rate for 2024 was 3.6%, down from 5.6% in 2023, which is lower than the cohesion-specific error rate. The claim correctly refers to cohesion spending specifically, which historically has higher error rates than other EU spending areas.

Sources

• SecondaryEucrim - European Criminal Law Academic NetworkThe error rate for EU cohesion policy expenditure was 5.7% in 2024, down from 9.3% in 2023.