Dossier · Own-initiative report
Evaluating the successes achieved and lessons learned from EU enlargements since 2004 in the implementation of the EU budget
- Reference
- 2025/2071(INI) Own-initiative report
- Where it stands
- In committee: CONT (Budgetary Control) is preparing the report (draft published 23 June 2026).
- Stage
- First reading
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control CONT
Where it stands
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- Referred to committee (done) 3 April 2025
- Committee work (current step) CONT (Budgetary Control) preparing the report
- Tabled for plenary (to come)
- Plenary vote (to come)
- Parliament’s position (to come)
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People
Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control CONT
- Rapporteur
- Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ (EPP)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Csaba MOLNÁR (S&D), Ondřej KNOTEK (Patriots), Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA (ECR), Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU (Renew), Jonas SJÖSTEDT (The Left)
Decisions in plenary, 0
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Versions, 1
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Committee draft23 Jun 2026
Draft report (CONT) CONT-PR-789881
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Draft report (CONT): This is a draft report by the Committee on Budgetary Control on the lessons from EU enlargements since 2004 for the EU budget. It finds that administrative capacity, institutional stability, digital readiness and audit culture matter more than the choice of governance model.
What changed
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Timeline, 3
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Committee stage 3 steps · 3 Apr 2025–22 Jul 2026
22 July 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.
23 June 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
3 April 2025
Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
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Sources & citation
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- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Evaluating the successes achieved and lessons learned from EU enlargements since 2004 in the implementation of the EU budget”. Dossier. reference 2025/2071(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2071 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2025/2071(INI), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F2071(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2025-2071,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Evaluating the successes achieved and lessons learned from EU enlargements since 2004 in the implementation of the EU budget}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2071}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2071},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. reference 2025/2071(INI). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F2071(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}