Tony Murphy

The 'natural resources and environment' spending area had an estimated error rate of 3.9% in 2025, up from 2.6% the previous year.

The European Court of Auditors found that climate-related expenditure under the 2014-2020 EU programme was overstated, with around one euro in five spent not qualifying as climate

In September 2026, 21 final RRF grant payment requests were submitted, including eight on 29 September and eight on 30 September.

At the end of 2025, 21% of the European Public Prosecutor's Office's active expenditure fraud investigations were related to the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

In payments to nine EU member states, the European Court of Auditors found RRF milestones and targets that had not been satisfactorily fulfilled.

The 'natural resources and environment' and 'cohesion, resilience and values' areas accounted for almost two thirds of the European Court of Auditors' audited expenditure.

The 'cohesion, resilience and values' spending area had an estimated error rate of 6.6% in 2025, up from 5.7% the previous year.

Recovery and Resilience Facility expenditure amounted to EUR 45.4 billion in 2025.

The European Court of Auditors' 2025 audit covered EUR 130.8 billion of expenditure under the EU general budget.

The estimated error rate for EU budget spending increased to 3.8% in 2025 from 3.6% the previous year.

The error rate in EU budget spending stood at 3.8%.

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

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

The Commission has disbursed EUR 240 billion in RRF grants, representing just over 70% of total available funds

46% of RRF milestones and targets remain to be assessed

The Court of Auditors maintained an adverse opinion on EU expenditure for the sixth consecutive year