Three quarters of the 3.1 billion euro squandered in irregular agricultural payments from 1971-2002 has not been recovered due to inefficiencies at both Member State and Commission level, according to a new report.
The two billion euro plus in fradulent payments is not being recovered or written off, due to weaknesses both in Brussels and in Member States, according to a new report published today by the European Court of Auditors (ECA).
Some of the deficiences highlighted by th...
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