On Tuesday 14 November, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published an audit report on European Joint Undertakings (JUs), European public-private partnerships with legal person status funded under the European framework programmes for research and innovation (Horizon Europe for the 2021-2027 period and Horizon 2020 for the 2014-2020 period) and Digital Europe. The Court provides an unqualified audit opinion on the reliability of the accounts of nine JUs examined this year and on the...