The EU is wasting money by negotiating construction deals behind closed doors instead of using open tenders and by renting instead of buying many of its own buildings, a fresh Court of Auditors report says.
"Institutions use the negotiated procedure extensively - rather than competitive tendering - for construction and works [despite case studies showing that open tenders cut costs]," court member Morten Louis Levysohn told MEPs in Brussels on Tuesday (26 June).
"Institutions hav...
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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.