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Berlaymont building, European Commission, Brussels — Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 4.0

Debt & Fiscal|European Union

EU auditors: 3.8% of 2025 spending was affected by error, and EU borrowing could reach €1 trillion by 2027

The European Court of Auditors’ annual reports on the 2025 budget, published 8 October 2026, sign off the accounts but give an adverse opinion on spending, with an estimated error rate of 3.8% (2024: 3.6%). Outstanding EU borrowing hit €738.9 billion at end-2025 and could reach €1 trillion by 2027. The Commission has not published an overall plan to repay NextGenerationEU by 2058.

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Berlaymont building, European Commission, Brussels — not the Court of Justice in Luxembourg — Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 4.0

Policy Watch|European Union

EU court: the Netherlands cannot freeze asylum claims from people under Ukraine temporary protection

In Case C-249/25 (1 October 2026), the Court of Justice ruled that automatically suspending the asylum claims of people who already hold EU temporary protection breaks EU law. Normal decision deadlines apply, though states may extend them or work through a backlog in phases. The Dutch asylum minister told NOS the ruling means about 140,000 shelved claims must now be processed.

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