The European Court of Auditors issued an adverse opinion on EU budget expenditure for the seventh consecutive year.

Omissions

• The ECA's adverse opinion concerns the legality and regularity of EU budget expenditure; in the same annual reports the ECA issued a separate opinion on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and a clean (unqualified) opinion on the EU accounts and on revenue, which the speaker did not mention.
• The underlying error rate for 2025 spending is not cited in the claim, although the ECA reported that the estimated error was material and pervasive and highest in cohesion funding.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Court of Auditors — News release 'Auditors: Homework to do on the EU's next long-term budget' (Annual reports 2025)"They therefore issued an adverse opinion on EU spending for the seventh year in a row. The highest error rates were in cohesion funding"
• SecondaryEU Reporter — 'EU auditors raise concern over spending irregularities and concern about the future budget'Reports on the ECA's 2025 annual report: the EU's 2025 accounts give a true and fair view and revenue transactions are error-free, while the auditors issued an adverse opinion on EU spending for the seventh year in a row.
• SecondaryBrussels Signal — 'EU budget errors climb for a second year'"On spending they issued an adverse opinion for the seventh year in a row, meaning the errors were material and pervasive."