Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2034(INI)
Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness
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 22 January 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 13 February 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 8 December 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 16 December 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 22 January 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
22 January 2026 · decision 7
EU budget & funds, Resolution
Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness
Adopted 318 for · 247 against · 67 abstained by a small majority
AI summary:The text calls for indicators that measure outputs, outcomes, and impacts, such as productivity gains and jobs created, to assess spending efficiency.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:Changes the emphasis on competitiveness measures to prioritize economic results while allowing broader societal effects to be considered. Removes the requirement to report on social and environmental footprint of projects. Refines simplification for SMEs to focus on reducing red tape and administrative costs. Adds a call for a 'one in, two out' principle to cut regulatory burden. The other change is formal: decimal separators are updated.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report expands significantly, adding new recitals and paragraphs on competitiveness, social cohesion, rule of law, and detailed performance indicators. It strengthens calls for transparency, verification, and simplification, while balancing economic and social objectives. It introduces specific indicators for innovation, industrial relocation, energy, talent, and administrative burden reduction. The changes are substantive, with no purely formal or wording-only hunks.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Olivier Chastel (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Kinga Kollár (EPP), Carla Tavares (S&D), Julien Sanchez (Patriots), Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza (ECR), Terry Reintke (Greens), Pasquale Tridico (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 22 Jan 2026
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on choosing performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in EU competitiveness financing calls for a simplified, harmonised performance framework with reliable, transparent indicators that measure results and impacts, not just spending.
Tabled for plenary· 16 Dec 2025
AI summary:This resolution addresses the choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control of EU financing measures supporting competitiveness. It calls for a simplified, harmonised performance framework with reliable, result- and impact-oriented indicators, and proposes specific indicators for innovation, industrial relocation, energy, skills, and administrative burden.
Committee draft· 16 Oct 2025
AI summary:This draft report concerns the choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control of EU financing measures supporting competitiveness. It calls for a simplified, results-focused performance framework with SMART indicators, reliable data, and independent verification.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
22 January 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 22 Jan 2026 Report A10-0268/2025Adopted text TA10-0021/2026
14 January 2026
3 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
16 December 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
8 December 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
14 November 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.
16 October 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
13 February 2025
Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2034(INI)