The Luxembourg Court of Auditors has found that the Pirate Party did not meet the criteria for funding for a project under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.
The Pirate Party, in the court's view, should not have been awarded the "Malt" project for a language app. The Luxembourg Court of Auditors report takes issue with the fact that the Pirate Party had no experience in this area, while this was one of the main requirements for receiving the funding.
The fund is co-financed by the European Commission and the Luxembourg State. The contract for the app, however, was awarded to the Pirate Party by the National Reception Office (ONA), the body tasked with putting the fund's objectives into practice.
The Court of Auditors criticises the fact that checks contractually laid down were not carried out. The Pirate Party, for its part, had only submitted a final report.
The Court of Auditors also directed criticism at ONA itself, saying it had made mistakes in the settlement. The Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) is also criticised, carrying the role of being the audit authority for the AMIF fund.
The IGF had only put an audit strategy in place at the end of 2025 or early 2026 this in spite of the period to be reviewed beginning already in 2021.
The Court of Auditors concludes that, of the roughly €160,000 received by the Pirate Party from ONA for the project, around €76,000 had to be paid back.
On top of that, ONA has asked the Pirate Party for a further €90,000. At the end of last year, the European Commission concluded that all expenditure incurred as part of the "Malt" project was ineligible and had to be reimbursed.
The Luxembourg Court of Auditors report can be found here (in French).
