The EU's €120 billion or so a year budget continues to suffer from "weak accounting controls" that leave it "vulnerable to error and fraud," the European Commission's former chief accountant, Marta Andreasen has told EUobserver in an interview.
Her comments come after the UK's House of Lords published the conclusions of a year-long study into Brussels spending on Monday (13 November), saying the EU Court of Auditors has applied unrealistic criteria in giving a negative verdict on the co...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.