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4 Sep 20
Just one-quarter of recommendations made by the EU to member states were fully or substantially implemented in seven years, leading to slow progress in areas such as poverty alleviation, auditors...
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14 Jul 20
European Commission plans for a post-pandemic recovery among the EU’s poorer members risk being misspent without greater direction from Brussels, the EU’s spending watchdog has warned.
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3 Jul 20
The EU risks overstating its climate spending without a reliable tracking method, the EU’s fiscal watchdog has warned.
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4 Dec 19
Auditors have called on the EU to impose stronger rules on its member countries’ budgets, to avoid future financial crises.
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28 Nov 19
The EU now meets “high standards of accountability and transparency when spending public money”, the European Court of Auditors has concluded.
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10 Oct 19
Auditors have issued a qualified opinion on EU expenditure for the third year running after finding errors relating to over €4bn in payments.
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12 Sep 19
The EU’s plans to increase defence spending seven-fold could produce no results if proper goals are not place, auditors have warned.
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5 Sep 19
The European Commission “should do more” to engage citizens during its public consultations, according to the EU’s financial management watchdog.
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21 Jun 19
Auditors play a crucial role in testing and verifying the claims organisations are making about their sustainability, says the European Court of Auditors’ Eva Lindström.
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17 May 19
European governments need to step up efforts to tackle fraud in cohesion spending which remain too weak, say auditors.
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30 Apr 19
Auditors are to investigate whether European Union countries are taking effective action to tackle transportation headaches in major cities.
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2 Apr 19
Auditors are easing the complex process by which European Union countries gain crucial funding to close the gap between rich and poor regions.
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22 Jan 19
More drive and leadership is needed to strengthen the process and improve the success rate in tackling EU spending fraud, says member of the European Court of Auditors Eva Lindström.
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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.
4 Sep 20Just one-quarter of recommendations made by the EU to member states were fully or substantially implemented in seven years, leading to slow progress in areas such as poverty alleviation, auditors...
3 Jul 20The EU risks overstating its climate spending without a reliable tracking method, the EU’s fiscal watchdog has warned.
12 Sep 19The EU’s plans to increase defence spending seven-fold could produce no results if proper goals are not place, auditors have warned.
21 Jun 19Auditors play a crucial role in testing and verifying the claims organisations are making about their sustainability, says the European Court of Auditors’ Eva Lindström.
30 Apr 19Auditors are to investigate whether European Union countries are taking effective action to tackle transportation headaches in major cities.
22 Jan 19More drive and leadership is needed to strengthen the process and improve the success rate in tackling EU spending fraud, says member of the European Court of Auditors Eva Lindström.
10 Jan 19More drive and leadership is needed in the EU to effectively tackle fraud, auditors have urged.
18 Dec 18The European Commission lacks transparency in showing how EU money is spent by non-governmental organisations, auditors have warned.
14 Dec 18European Union institutions should improve the management of their buildings to avoid unnecessary costs, auditors have urged.
6 Dec 18The 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.
26 Nov 18Plans to step up the European Union’s anti-fraud work are “not enough to improve effectiveness”, the bloc’s auditors have warned.
21 Nov 18European Union flood-related actions suffer because of “weaknesses” in allocating money to match member states’ risk management plans, auditors have warned.
29 Oct 18Long-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...
11 Sep 18Inadequate action to curb air pollution in the European Union is incurring hundreds of billions of euros in health-related costs, auditors have warned.
