Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/2083(INI)
Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023
Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. · First reading
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 6 May 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 28 November 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 18 March 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 1 April 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 6 May 2025
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
6 May 2025 · decision 9
EU budget & funds, Resolution
Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023
Adopted 473 for · 59 against · 114 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The resolution calls for strengthening and modernising the EU's anti-fraud architecture, including better coordination with the European Public Prosecutor's Office and adapting to new technologies like AI.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:Adds new paragraphs on VAT gap data and IT fragmentation, and rewrites a paragraph on NGO funding transparency. The other changes are formal: decimal separators updated, paragraph numbering adjusted, and references corrected.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:Adds calls for stronger cooperation, holistic approaches, and proactive measures across anti-fraud actors, including on information exchange and synergies between authorities. Updates fraud statistics, noting a significant increase in cases and financial impact, and adds calls for improved recovery rates and transparency on recoveries. Adds extensive new paragraphs on AI-related fraud risks, digitalisation, and data sharing, proposing new mechanisms and task forces. Expands sections on rule of law, corruption, organised crime, and external action, including new paragraphs on Hungary, Ukraine, and sanctions. The other changes are formal or wording: renumbering, minor rephrasing, and spelling corrections.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Gilles Boyer (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Caterina Chinnici (EPP), Eero Heinäluoma (S&D), Virginie Joron (Patriots), Daniel Freund (Greens), Rudi Kennes (The Left), Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 6 May 2025
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on the 2023 PIF report welcomes the report and its analyses, endorses its recommendations, and calls for stronger anti-fraud measures across the EU.
Tabled for plenary· 1 Apr 2025
AI summary:This resolution on the 2023 PIF report welcomes the report and its findings, and calls for stronger anti-fraud measures, better governance of the anti-fraud architecture, and more transparency and digitalisation.
Committee draft· 18 Dec 2024
AI summary:This draft report on the 2023 PIF report welcomes the Commission's findings and calls for stronger anti-fraud measures, including better use of digital tools, improved cooperation, and more effective recovery of funds.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 4 steps
6 May 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 6 May 2025 Report A10-0049/2025Adopted text TA10-0075/2025
5 May 2025
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
29 April – 30 April 2025
19 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Amendment 1Amendments 2–6Amendments 7–12Amendments 13–18Amendment 19
1 April 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
18 March 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
5 February 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.
18 December 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
28 November 2024
Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/2083(INI)