The European Court of Auditors has issued an adverse opinion for seven consecutive years

Omissions

• The adverse opinion concerns the legality and regularity of expenditure (payments), not the EU accounts themselves: the ECA has repeatedly issued clean ('unqualified') opinions on the reliability of the EU accounts, a distinction the one-line claim does not make.
• The 'seven consecutive years' count refers to the ECA's current series of adverse opinions on expenditure (financial years 2019–2025); the 2025 error rate rose to 3.8% from 3.6% in 2024, so the trend in the underlying data is worsening, which the claim does not mention.
• The figure comes from the ECA report published on 8 October 2026, i.e. before the 21 October 2026 session date, so the MEP could have known it.
• Evidence is based on several news outlets reporting the same ECA press release/report; the ECA's own publication pages were located but the exact 'seventh consecutive year' wording could not be extracted from the primary page within the search budget.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Court of Auditors – Annual reports concerning the 2025 financial year"The ECA will provide two separate opinions on the legality and regularity of expenditure: one on the EU budget and one on the RRF."
• SecondaryEU Reporter"The ECA's annual review of the EU budget assesses the extent ... adverse opinion on EU budget expenditure for the seventh consecutive year." Also: "The auditors estimate that the error rate in EU spending rose to 3.8%, from 3.6% in 2024."
• SecondaryLuxembourg Times"For the seventh consecutive year, the European Court of Auditors has given an adverse opinion on EU expenditure."
• SecondaryEU Insider"Errors up, for the seventh year of an adverse opinion. The Court estimates the error rate in 2025 spending at 3.8%, up from 3.6% in 2024"