In mid-February 2024, the College of the EPPO sent an urgent request to the European Parliament, the Council of the EU, and the European Commission to increase the 2024 budget of the Office from €7.8 million to €79.7 million. The request was motivated by the impending accession of new Member States (Poland and possibly Sweden) to the EPPO and the acceleration of the disbursement of NextGenerationEU funding. The increased budget will allow the Office to employ more staff for operational and administrative support in Luxembourg as well as more European Delegated Prosecutors.

NextGenerationFunding is a temporary recovery instrument of the EU to support Europe’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and to build a greener, more digital, and more resilient future. The centrepiece of NextGenerationEU is the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), a temporary instrument to finance reforms by and investments in EU Member States from the beginning of the pandemic in February 2020 to 31 December 2026. The EPPO is also leading numerous investigations into expenditure fraud in conjunction with these funds.