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On Wednesday, Budgets and Budgetary Control Committee MEPs will quiz commissioners Hahn, Reynders and Schmit about the partial release of previously frozen funds to Hungary.

Parliament condemns the deliberate, continuous and systematic efforts of the Hungarian government to undermine the EU’s founding values.

On Tuesday, Parliament endorsed the candidacies of Hans Lindblad and João Leão, nominated respectively by Sweden and Portugal.

The Budgetary Control Committee adopted its annual anti-fraud report for 2022 evaluating the efforts in the EU to counter fraud and how to better protect EU funds.

Parliament endorsed extending the mandates of European auditors Bettina Jakobsen and Tony Murphy, and approved the candidacy of Alejandro Blanco Fernández, nominated by Spain.

On Wednesday, Parliament endorsed the nomination of Katarína Kaszasová to the European Court of Auditors.

On Thursday, MEPs endorsed Hungary’s nomination of Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz for a second mandate as a member of the European Court of Auditors (ECA).

In its latest resolution, Parliament raises serious concerns over developments in Hungary, in light of the upcoming Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

On Wednesday, the European Parliament approved the implementation of the EU’s 2021 budget for most of the EU institutions, except the European Council.

On Thursday, the Budgetary Control Committee recommended clearing most of the EU accounts for 2020, but postponed the decision on the European Border and Coast guard Agency.