Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. Own-initiative report First reading
Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands: Parliament rejected the text on 28 April 2026; no position was adopted.
- ✓ Referred to committee 27 November 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 5 March 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 30 March 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Rejected 28 April 2026
- ✓ Parliament’s position No text adopted
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- CONT — Budgetary Control
- Rapporteur
- Julien SANCHEZ PfE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ PPEJosé CEPEDA S&DBert-Jan RUISSEN ECRGilles BOYER RenewRudi KENNES The Left
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Tabled for plenary · latest Report A10-0080/2026 30 March 2026 ✦ This resolution concerns the protection of the EU's financial interests and the fight against fraud, based on the Commission's 2024 annual report. It calls for improved transparency, digitalisation, and cooperation among anti-fraud authorities.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (CONT) 7 January 2026 ✦ This draft report on the protection of the EU's financial interests and the fight against fraud for 2024 takes note of the Commission's annual PIF report and endorses its recommendations, but finds them insufficiently ambitious.
Latest Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Adds extensive new provisions on transparency, accountability, and digitalisation in fraud detection and reporting. Strengthens calls for improved cooperation and information sharing among anti-fraud bodies and Member States. Introduces new sections on Ukraine support and external dimension, emphasising safeguards and anti-corruption measures. Expands on recovery, asset recovery, and financial corrections, calling for benchmarking and structured feedback loops. Other changes are formal or wording: terminology updates, punctuation, and rephrasing without altering substance. see the changes →
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Plenary stage
- 28 April 2026 Plenary voteRejected Rejected by a clear majorityFor 231 Against 389 Abstained 33
Final vote — text as a whole at 14:25 · 35% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 81 ballots in voting order
1. Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 1 14:14 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 1 – Am 15Adopted2. Separate vote on paragraph 2AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 2 — part 1 14:14 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 2 – Am 4/1Adopted4. Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 2 — part 2 14:14 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 2 – Am 4/2Adopted5. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 2RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdopted7. Separate vote on paragraph 3AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded8. Separate vote on paragraph 3AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded9. Separate vote on paragraph 3Rejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded10. Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 3 14:15 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 3 – Am 54Adopted11. Separate vote on paragraph 12AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded12. Separate vote on paragraph 14AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded13. Separate vote on paragraph 14AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded14. Separate vote on paragraph 20AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded15. Separate vote on paragraph 20Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded16. Separate vote on paragraph 20Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded17. Separate vote on paragraph 23AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejectedAdopted20. Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 25 14:16 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 25 – Am 6Rejected21. Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 25 14:17 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 25 – Am 7Adopted22. Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 25 — part 1 14:17 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 25 – Am 8/1Adopted23. Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 25 — part 2 14:17 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 25 – Am 8/2Adopted24. Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 25 — part 1 14:17 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 25 – Am 9/1Adopted25. Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 25 — part 2 14:17 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 25 – Am 9/2Adopted26. Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 25 — part 1 14:18 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 25 – Am 10/1Adopted27. Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 25 — part 2 14:18 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 25 – Am 10/2Adopted28. Amendment 55, adding text after paragraph 25 — part 1 14:18 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 25 – Am 55/1Adopted29. Amendment 55, adding text after paragraph 25 — part 2 14:18 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 25 – Am 55/2Rejected30. Separate vote on paragraph 29AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded31. Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 31 14:19 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 31 – Am 11Rejected32. Separate vote on paragraph 32AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded33. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 32RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded34. Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 32 14:19 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 32 – Am 12Adopted35. Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 32 14:19 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 32 – Am 13AdoptedNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.37. Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 32 14:19 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 32 – Am 14Adopted38. Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 32 14:20 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 32 – Am 60Adopted39. Separate vote on paragraph 33AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded40. Separate vote on paragraph 40AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded41. Amendment 64, adding text after paragraph 40 14:20 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After § 40 – Am 64Adopted42. Separate vote on paragraph 41AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded43. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 43AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded44. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 43RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded45. Separate vote on paragraph 47AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded46. Separate vote on paragraph 53RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejected48. Separate vote on paragraph 53AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded49. Separate vote on paragraph 54AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded50. Separate vote on paragraph 54RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.53. Separate vote on paragraph 55AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.55. Separate vote on paragraph 58AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded56. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 61RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded57. Separate vote on paragraph 63AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded58. Separate vote on paragraph 68AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded59. Separate vote on paragraph 70AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedRejectedAdoptedRejectedAdopted67. Amendments 1 + 25 (voted as one), adding text after citation 21 14:23 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After citation 21 – Am 1= 25=Rejected68. Vote on text inserted after citation 25AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded69. Vote on text inserted after citation 25RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded70. Amendment 2, adding text after Recital B — part 1 14:24 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After Recital B – Am 2/1Adopted71. Amendment 2, adding text after Recital B — part 2 14:24 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After Recital B – Am 2/2Adopted72. Amendment 3, adding text after Recital B — part 1 14:24 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After Recital B – Am 3/1Adopted73. Amendment 3, adding text after Recital B — part 2 14:24 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – After Recital B – Am 3/2Adopted74. Separate vote on recital EAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded75. Separate vote on recital GAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded76. Separate vote on recital HAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded77. Separate vote on recital OAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded78. Separate vote on recital QAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded79. Separate vote on recital QNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded80. Separate vote on recital QNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded81. Final vote — text as a whole 14:25 A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Rejected - 27 April 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 21 April – 22 April 2026 66 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 30 March 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 5 March 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 3 February 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.
- 7 January 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 27 November 2025 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.