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International Anti-Corruption Day is marked every year on 9 December to raise awareness of the negative effects of corruption on all areas of life. While difficult to measure, corruption entails not only economic but also social and political costs. International and EU anti-corruption efforts have translated into a multi-layered policy and legal framework. The European Parliament has called repeatedly for strengthened EU anti-corruption rules.

The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments, including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.

Durante el período parcial de sesiones de mayo I, el Parlamento Europeo decidirá por votación en relación con la aprobación de la gestión de las distintas instituciones y órganos de la UE para el ejercicio 2020. En primer lugar se encuentra el informe sobre la Comisión Europea y seis agencias ejecutivas, responsables de la mayor parte del gasto presupuestario de la UE. La aprobación de la gestión de los Fondos Europeos de Desarrollo (FED) se hace por separado. La Comisión de Control Presupuestario ...

This study examines the extent and nature of fraud in EU funds under shared management. It then examines the measures currently being implemented at the EU level and by Member States to help tackle the problem. A number of good practices are identified. The study concludes with recommendations to help strengthen the effort to reduce fraud in EU funds under shared management. This document was prepared for the Policy Department at the request of the Budgetary Control Committee.

With the war in Ukraine high on Parliament's agenda, the highlight of the March II 2022 plenary session in Brussels was a formal address by Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada. Members held a debate with the Council and the European Commission on the need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU, in the light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They also debated the power of the proposed joint European action to secure more affordable, reliable and sustainable ...

El marco financiero plurianual (MFP) 2021-2027 de la Unión Europea y los instrumentos de recuperación Next Generation EU proporcionan recursos financieros por valor de 1,8 billones EUR. Sin embargo, la Unión solo puede alcanzar los ambiciosos objetivos de estos instrumentos presupuestarios si se protegen mejor sus intereses financieros. La Comisión de Control Presupuestario (CONT) del Parlamento ha aprobado un informe de propia iniciativa en el que se destaca el riesgo de fraude y conflicto de intereses ...

Gastar el presupuesto de la UE de manera eficiente y transparente es fundamental para garantizar la correcta aplicación de las políticas de la UE y el apoyo de los ciudadanos a la Unión. Sin embargo, la fragmentación de los sistemas de elaboración de informes utilizados en la UE dificulta el control de cómo se realiza el gasto. Para hacer frente a esta situación, la Comisión de Control Presupuestario (CONT) del Parlamento Europeo ha elaborado un informe de iniciativa legislativa en el que pide a ...

The Budgetary Control Committee (CONT) organised the workshop on ‘Missing Trader Fraud: definition, effects, prevention and solutions’ on 26 May 2021. This document consists of the proceedings briefing on ‘Missing Trader Intra-Community Fraud’, biographies of the speakers and the PowerPoint slides of the presentations.

In 2017, the European Parliament adopted a Resolution on corruption and human rights in third countries (hereinafter ‘EP 2017 Resolution’) which included a set of practical recommendations on corruption and human rights in EU external relations. This briefing analyses the progress made by EU actors in implementing those recommendations. It focuses on development and human rights tools addressed in the EP 2017 Resolution, including EU funded projects and programmes, technical cooperation, EU human ...

The research, which focused on a sample of 14 EU Member States (BG, CZ, ES, FR, FI, DE, GR, HU, IT, LU, LV, MT, SE and SK), involved a combination of desk-research, interviews and quantitative modelling. The study considered the impact of organised crime on EU expenditure (e.g. Cohesion Funds) as well EU revenues (e.g. VAT own resources).