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MEPs fed up with ten years of negative EU budget reports

MEPs plan to pile on pressure for the EU to clean up the way it audits spending, after the European Court of Auditors turns in its 2004 report on Monday night (14 November).

The report, sped by car from Luxembourg to Strasbourg on Monday afternoon, has been kept closely under wraps so far.

But everybody knows the court will give a negative "statement of assurance" for the 11th year running, saying there is not enough information to sign off the EU's books.

"Nothing has c...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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