On Thursday 3 September, the European Commission adopted the 2019 annual report on the fight against fraud. The report states that “the number of irregularities detected and reported by Member States is lower than in previous years”.
The number of irregularities reported as fraudulent and the associated amounts are not a direct indicator of the level of fraud affecting the EU budget.
In 2019, a total of 939 irregularities were reported as fraudulent (i.e. 8% of all irregularities...