What changed

From · Plenary report · 24 Mar 2026 A-10-2026-0052 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section V – Court of Auditors

To · Adopted text · 29 Apr 2026 TA-10-2026-0129 Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Court of Auditors

✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 4 Sept 2026

Adds a paragraph stressing the need for adequate resources for the Court of Auditors. #2 Updates a staff gender statistic, changing the percentage of men from 47% to 46%. #3 The other change is formal: the resolution heading is updated with the date and reference. #1

2 changes of substance, plus 1 formal. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.

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Change #2 Substance

Adds a paragraph underlining the Court's role and calling for adequate resources to audit the expanding Union financial architecture.

16. Underlines that the Court is the Union's external auditor and the cornerstone of independent financial accountability over the Union budget; stresses that, in a context of unprecedented growth in Union expenditure, in the volume of borrowing operations and in the complexity of new financial instruments, the Court must be provided with resources that are commensurate with the scale and complexity of its audit mandate; supports the Court's continued cost discipline; invites the budgetary authorities, in adopting future budgets, to ensure that the Court is adequately resourced to scrutinise the rapidly expanding Union financial architecture;

Change #3 Substance

Updates the percentage of men in the Court's staff from 47% to 46%.

~~24.~~25. Notes that, in 2024, 54 % of the Court’s staff were women (up from 53 % in 2023) and 4746 % were men; regrets the fact that women represent only 30 % of the Court’s senior management, the same as in 2023; regrets further a decrease in the proportion of women in middle-management positions from 40 % to 37,30 % in 2023; recalls the fact that gender equality is a Treaty-based principle that should be respected by all institutions and invites the Court to continue its efforts to promote gender balance for middle and senior management;