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16 Jan 19
The European Central Bank should allow auditors full access to documents related to banking supervision, the EU’s spending watchdog has said.
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10 Jan 19
More drive and leadership is needed in the EU to effectively tackle fraud, auditors have urged.
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18 Dec 18
The European Commission lacks transparency in showing how EU money is spent by non-governmental organisations, auditors have warned.
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14 Dec 18
European Union institutions should improve the management of their buildings to avoid unnecessary costs, auditors have urged.
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6 Dec 18
The objectives of the European Union’s €4bn fund to promote long-term stability in Africa needs to be clearer and more focused, auditors have urged.
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26 Nov 18
Plans to step up the European Union’s anti-fraud work are “not enough to improve effectiveness”, the bloc’s auditors have warned.
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21 Nov 18
European Union flood-related actions suffer because of “weaknesses” in allocating money to match member states’ risk management plans, auditors have warned.
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29 Oct 18
Long-term, all-encompassing action is vital for Sustainable Development Goals to succeed, and government auditors must lay the groundwork, says the European Court of Auditors’ Vivi Niemenmaa...
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8 Oct 18
The European Union should be realistic with the spending promises it makes in the next budget period of 2021 to 2027, auditors have warned.
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14 Sep 18
The European bloc should make more effective use of cohesion funding, as it is often “used in a rush” at the end of a programme period, auditors have warned.
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11 Sep 18
Inadequate action to curb air pollution in the European Union is incurring hundreds of billions of euros in health-related costs, auditors have warned.
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5 Sep 18
EU money is mostly funding social and economic projects on a ‘first-come first-served’ basis rather than merit, auditors have warned.
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17 Jul 18
The European Commission should tighten up its rules for countries with high levels of debt before the next recession, auditors have warned.
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13 Jul 18
The European Commission should have proved the value it was adding with changes to its long-term spending priorities, auditors have concluded.
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4 Jun 18
The European Commission is failing to demonstrate the effectiveness of counter-radicalisation measures funded by the European Union, auditors have said.
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16 Apr 18
European Union investments in business have not led to durable and long-lasting success in around a fifth of cases, auditors have found.
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21 Mar 18
Future farm spending in the EU should be based on performance targets and achieve the union’s definition of ‘added value’, European auditors have said.
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20 Mar 18
EU public private partnerships are not economically viable and only have limited benefits, resulting in billions of euros being inefficiently spent, European auditors have said.
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14 Mar 18
European Union funding to help Turkey prepare itself for EU membership has had only a “limited effect”, auditors have found.
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16 Feb 18
The EU budget should place greater emphasis on accountability and transparency and be able to react more flexibly to unforeseen circumstances, auditors have said.
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4 Oct 17
European Union plans to introduce a common railway signalling system across the bloc is running behind schedule and the implementation target could be missed, auditors have warned.
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30 Jun 17
European Union funds intended to support young farmers are not being well targeted or linked to any defined outcomes or results, auditors have found.
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5 May 17
National audit bodies’ role in scrutinising the European Union’s agricultural spending is flawed and falls short of international standards, the bloc’s auditors have concluded.
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2 May 17
European Court of Auditors president Klaus-Heiner Lehne talks to PF about reform, Brexit and the role of facts in a ‘post-truth’ world
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5 Apr 17
Progress is being made with European Union member state’s partnership spending plans, but performance measures are too complex, auditors have concluded.