Source: European Parliament
On 25 June 2025 the ECA Review 02/2025: “Performance-orientation, accountability and transparency – lessons to be learned from the weaknesses of the RRF” will be presented to Members of the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and the Committee of Budgetary Control (CONT) by reporting ECA Members Jorg Kristijan Petrovic and Ivana Maletic.
The RRF suffers from several weaknesses in terms of performance, accountability and transparency, the ECA observes in its review. Although the RRF has played a crucial role in the EU’s post-pandemic recovery, the ECA criticises that information on results is scarce, and there is no information on actual costs. As a result, it was not clear what citizens actually get for their money. The Court calls on EU policy makers to draw lessons from this when mulling future budgets based on performance rather than costs.