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Next meetings of the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)

25-03-2026 - 10:00
  • Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 April (Brussels);
  • Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 May 2026 (Brussels);
  • Tuesday 2 June 2026 (Brussels).

Mórscéalta

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16-04-2026 - 14:02

On 16 April 2026, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) presented their Special report 11/2026 "Innovation Fund - High potential, but slow progress and little impact on emissions reduction" to the Committee on Budgetary Control, and to the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety.

fraud prevention keyboard
15-04-2026 - 17:32

On 15 April 2026, the Committee on Budgetary Control held an exchange of views with Commission representatives on lessons learned of 10 years of Early-Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) and future challenges.

Votes
25-03-2026 - 09:57

On 24 March 2026, the Committee on Budgetary Control voted on the own-initiative draft report and amendments on the ‘Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group — annual report 2024’.

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25-03-2026 - 09:57

On 24 March 2026, CONT Members voted on the draft reports and amendments concerning the 2024 Discharge to the Commission, and the EU Agencies.

European Public Prosecutor’s Office
19-03-2026 - 10:41

The Committees on Budgetary Control, and on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs welcomed Laura Codruța Kövesi, the European Chief Prosecutor, on 18 March 2026 to exchange on the latest developments in the activity of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) and the Annual Report 2025 published at the beginning of March.

Activity Report 2019-2024

Discharge Procedure

CONT Members scrutinise the implementation of the EU Budget by the European Commission and all the other EU intuitions and bodies.

Fact Sheets on the European Union

relevant to Budgetary Control

Subject Files

For more insight

Supporting Analyses

prepared by the Budgetary Affairs Policy Department

CONT Publications

10th Term Coordinators, Sector Allocations, Balance Sheets, ECA Appointments

EPRS

European Parliament Research Service

STOA

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