# Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024

European Parliament procedure 2025/2238(INI) (INI, 10th term, committee CONT). Stage: None. 171 committee amendments tabled by 14 Members between 2026-02-03 and 2026-02-03.

## What the amendments focus on

These amendments relate to the annual report on protecting the European Union's financial interests and combating fraud for 2024 (the PIF report). MEPs welcome the report and stress transparency, the role of media and whistleblowers, and the importance of recovery and sanctions. They note the increasing activity of the EPPO, including 1,504 investigations opened in 2024, and call on remaining Member States to join it. The amendments highlight VAT fraud, reporting 1,287 VAT infringement cases in 2024 causing an estimated loss of EUR 13.5 billion, and note EPPO investigations into RRF and NGEU spending. They call for publishing final beneficiaries of EU funding, applying the Rule of Law Conditionality Mechanism, transposing Directive (EU) 2024/1260 on asset recovery, and safeguarding EU support to Ukraine.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| José CEPEDA | Spain | S&D | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257002.md |
| Rudi KENNES | Belgium | GUE/NGL | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/256890.md |
| Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ | Czechia | PPE | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124713.md |
| Olivier CHASTEL | Belgium | RE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197463.md |
| Gilles BOYER | France | RE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197577.md |
| Michal WIEZIK | Slovakia | RE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197769.md |
| Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU | Romania | RE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257112.md |
| Damian BOESELAGER | Germany | Verts/ALE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197439.md |
| Bert-Jan RUISSEN | Netherlands | ECR | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197773.md |
| Dick ERIXON | Sweden | ECR | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257091.md |
| Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA | Romania | ECR | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257119.md |
| Julien SANCHEZ | France | PfE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/88552.md |
| Monika HOHLMEIER | Germany | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96780.md |
| Céline IMART | France | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/256918.md |

## Official source documents

- PE784.234: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-784234_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2025-2238-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2025-2238-INI.json

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