Annual management and performance report for the EU budget : financial year 2017

This Annual Management and Performance Report for the EU Budget presents the latest information on the results achieved with the EU budget (section 1) and on how the EU budget is managed and protected (section 2). This report is part of the annual Integrated Financial Reporting Package, which provides detailed information on revenue, expenditure, management and performance of the EU budget, in line with best practices for transparency and accountability. This package is also the Commission's main contribution to the annual budgetary discharge process. Section 1 of the Annual Management and Performance Report covers the results achieved with the EU budget across all budget headings and policy areas. It explains how the EU's financial programmes have contributed to the Union's political priorities and summarises the latest evaluation results on the performance of EU programmes in the 2014-2020 period. 2017 was the fourth year of the current Multiannual Financial Framework and the third of the mandate of the current Commission. The Commission proposed a budget reflecting and supporting the political priorities set by President Juncker, in particular contributing to the greatest extent possible to jobs, growth and investment, and providing a coordinated European response to the challenges of migration management and the fight against terrorism and organised crime. Besides these two clear priorities, through the EU budget and other instruments, the Commission will continue to progress towards a connected digital single market, a resilient energy union, including climate action, a social Union and a stronger EU as a global actor and in the field of defence.