Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024

22.4.2026 A10-0080/60

Amendment 60

Daniel Freund

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0080/2026

Julien Sanchez

Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024

(2025/2238(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 54 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

54b. Recalls that on 31 March 2025, the Paris Criminal Court convicted Marine Le Pen, eight other former Members of the European Parliament from the Rassemblement National party and 12 parliamentary assistants for the misappropriation of public funds, finding that, between 2004 and 2016, European Parliament funds intended for parliamentary assistants were systematically diverted to finance the party’s domestic political activities through fictitious contracts; notes that the total damage to the European Parliament’s budget was estimated at EUR 4.8 million; stresses that this ruling, together with the EPPO’s ongoing investigation into the now-defunct European Parliament political group, Identity and Democracy, illustrates the systemic risks posed to the EU’s financial interests by the organised misuse of parliamentary allowances, and underlines the imperative of swift and effective recovery procedures, irrespective of the political affiliation of the beneficiaries concerned;

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22.4.2026 A10-0080/61

Amendment 61

Daniel Freund

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0080/2026

Julien Sanchez

Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024

(2025/2238(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 55

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

55. Stresses that at a time when the EU institutions are regularly debating new own resources, priority should instead be given to enhancing fraud prevention and detection through strengthened controls, which would reduce revenue losses and ensure the recovery of funds legitimately owed to the EU and currently lost; considers that a rigorous analysis of the potential for recovering revenue currently lost due to fraud and evasion should therefore be carried out;

55. Reaffirms Parliament’s strong commitment to introducing new own resources that support the broader ‘basket approach’ proposed by the Commission, and calls on the Council to break the stalemate that has persisted since 2020 on a basket of new genuine own resources to reach a level of revenue of at least EUR 60 billion per year; stresses that strengthening own resources and improving fraud prevention and detection are complementary, rather than competing, objectives; considers that the EU budget must be both adequately funded and effectively protected against fraud and misuse; considers that a rigorous analysis of the potential for recovering revenue currently lost due to fraud and evasion should therefore be carried out;

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22.4.2026 A10-0080/62

Amendment 62

Daniel Freund

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0080/2026

Julien Sanchez

Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024

(2025/2238(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 61 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

61a. Notes with concern that, according to the Commission’s 2024 PIF Report, the first detected fraudulent irregularities reported under national CAP strategic plans in 2024 were nearly all linked to climate and environmental schemes; stresses that fraud affecting climate- and environment-related EU funds not only harms the EU’s financial interests but also undermines the credibility of the green transition and citizens’ trust in the EU’s ability to deliver on its climate commitments; calls on the Commission to develop dedicated fraud-risk typologies and targeted controls for climate, biodiversity and green-transition spending across the new MFF, and to ensure that results-based payments in these areas are accompanied by robust verification, traceability and ex post monitoring measures;

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22.4.2026 A10-0080/63

Amendment 63

Daniel Freund

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0080/2026

Julien Sanchez

Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024

(2025/2238(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 68

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

68. Stresses the need for greater transparency in the implementation of the RRF and recalls that the ‘final beneficiary’ is the ‘last entity’ that receives funds for an RRF measure, so that information on the ‘final beneficiary’ must be made available; regrets that Member States are only required to publish information on the 100 final beneficiaries receiving the highest amounts, which constitutes an arbitrary limit preventing any visibility of the actual majority of beneficiaries and of the potential risks; considers that publishing information beyond the 100 final beneficiaries is necessary and would support the effective identification of risks related to fraud, mismanagement or conflicts of interest; points out that the examination of national practices reveals significant discrepancies in disclosure methods because some Member States report the amounts actually disbursed, others the amounts simply allocated, while others are limited to partial data or combined with national funding, which undermines the comparability, readability and reliability of the information published; calls for the publication of the full list of final recipients and beneficial owners for RRF-funded measures in a harmonised, machine-readable format across the Member States; stresses the need for a single audit trail in the future MFF allowing for budget contributions to be traced to the projects funded and the final beneficiaries, defined as the economic operators, not the receiving administrative entities; calls on the Commission to introduce mandatory fraud and irregularity reporting via the IMS for all RRF-related cases;

68. Stresses the need for greater transparency in the implementation of the RRF and recalls that the ‘final beneficiary’ is the ‘last entity’ that receives funds for an RRF measure, so that information on the ‘final beneficiary’ must be made available; regrets that Member States are only required to publish information on the 100 final beneficiaries receiving the highest amounts, which constitutes an arbitrary limit preventing visibility regarding the actual majority of beneficiaries and regarding the potential risks of fraud, mismanagement or conflicts of interest; points out that the examination of national practices reveals significant discrepancies in disclosure methods and formats, making meaningful cross-country comparison impossible; considers that publishing information beyond the 100 final beneficiaries is necessary and would support the effective identification of risks related to fraud, mismanagement or conflicts of interest; points out that the examination of national practices reveals significant discrepancies in disclosure methods because some Member States report the amounts actually disbursed, others the amounts simply allocated, while others are limited to partial data or combined with national funding, which undermines the comparability, readability and reliability of the information published; calls for the publication of the full list of final recipients and beneficial owners for RRF-funded measures in a harmonised, machine-readable format across the Member States; stresses the need for a single audit trail in the future MFF allowing for budget contributions to be traced to the projects funded and the final beneficiaries, defined as the economic operators, not the receiving administrative entities; calls on the Commission to establish uniform and comprehensive beneficiary disclosure requirements for all RRF payments as a condition for future disbursements; calls on the Commission to introduce mandatory fraud and irregularity reporting via the IMS for all RRF-related cases;

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