November 5, 2014
Each year the EU’s Court of Auditors issues its opinion on the EU’s spending and each year it is the same – “material errors” amounting to billions of euros probably misspent.First of all, let’s get the usual caveats out of the way – the auditors have …
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CAP, court of auditors, errors, EU budget, Fraud, regional funds, waste |
April 7, 2014
Last week, the European Parliament had the opportunity of doing what most other elected bodies in the free world consider a core task: making sure taxpayers’ money is spent in a transparent, accountable and regular way.MEPs were asked to provide discha…
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accountability, court of auditors, discharge, errors, EU budget, EU spending, european parliament, Fraud, irregularities, MEPs, transparency |
A new report published by the EU’s Court of Auditors yesterday provides an interesting reminder of the failings inherent in the current EU regional policy, whereby the cash is recycled between every region in every member state – irrespective how w…
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court of auditors, EU budget, EU reform, EU structural funds, infrastructure spending, regional funding |
November 29, 2012
Its been a busy few days on the EU budget front with the inconclusive EU leaders’ summit on the EU’s long term budget, and the Commission’s new proposal for the 2013 annual budget (largely unchanged from the version MEPs and member states were un…
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CAP, court of auditors, Environment, EU budget, EU reform, single farm payment |
This morning, the EU’s Court of Auditors published its report on the EU’s 2011 accounts. Although the auditors concluded that the Commission’s accounts are reliable, they also found that the actual spending was “affected by material error”, a…
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As you may be aware, the Commission last year tabled its proposal for how the EU’s budget should look like over the next long-term budget period (set to run between 2014 and 2020). With the exception of some modestly positive elements – such as a “perf…
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CAP, court of auditors, EU budget, EU reform, EU waste, European Commission, single farm payment, structural funds |
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