The European Court of Auditors identified a single instance of potential fraud concerning European funds in Portugal during 2025. Regarding the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), the Court found no failures in meeting the established targets and milestones for the funds received by Portugal.
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The European Court of Auditors found that some revisions to the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) reduced original commitments, citing insufficient justification in some member states. Portugal was not among the specifically flagged cases in this report, although the auditor noted general control weaknesses that it will continue to monitor.
Parliament has approved new legislation that limits financial liability for state officials to cases involving intentional misconduct or gross negligence, excluding acts deemed merely negligent. This change is expected to result in the acquittal of the current Minister of Internal Administration, Luís Neves, regarding financial irregularities identified during his time as director of the Judicial Police, including unauthorized travel expenses and credit card limit violations totaling over 50,000 euros in 2023.
The leader of the Chega party has called for the President to veto a legislative proposal reforming the Court of Auditors (TdC). The proposed law, which is expected to pass in Parliament, raises the threshold for mandatory prior approval of contracts to 7.5 million euros and limits financial sanctions for public managers to cases of intent or gross negligence, excluding mere negligence. While the party claims the changes are designed to absolve the current Minister of Internal Administration, Luís Neves, of alleged financial irregularities from his time at the Judicial Police, the Government has rejected this interpretation as factually false.