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

Tabled by Daniel Freund

Added: 25a. Recognises the essential role played by civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and trade unions in monitoring the use of Union funds, reporting suspected fraud, supporting whistleblowers and providing independent scrutiny that complements the work of EU anti-fraud bodies; rejects any attempts to instrumentalise concerns about the use of Union funds by non-governmental organisations to justify generalised restrictions on civil society; recalls that disproportionate restrictions on civil society organisations are themselves a red flag for the deterioration of the rule of law;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.022v01-00