EU Auditors issue special report on the EU Commission’s anti-fraud strategy

On Thursday 18 June, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) will publish a special report on the European Commission’s anti-fraud strategy.

From 2021 to 2027, the Commission and the EU member states together manage an annual EU budget of up to €200 billion. Both the Commission and national authorities are responsible not only for making sure that this public money is spent properly, but also for combatting fraud and other illegal activities.

The Commission’s anti-fraud strategy, which was adopted in 2019 and followed by an updated action plan in 2023, sets out how the Commission intends to prevent, detect and respond to fraud affecting EU money.

This audit assessed whether the Commission’s anti-fraud strategy is appropriately designed to manage fraud risks and support consistent implementation.

The report and press release will be published on the ECA website (eca.europa.eu) on Thursday 18 June at 17:00 (Luxembourg time). The ECA member responsible for this report is Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz.

The ECA’s special reports set out the results of its audits of EU policies and programmes or management topics related to specific budgetary areas. The ECA selects and designs these audit tasks to be of maximum impact by considering the risks to performance or compliance, the level of income or spending involved, forthcoming developments and political and public interest.​