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Finns line up to turn down the Parliament. Could there be anything nicer than being one of Finland's 13 members of the European Parliament? Yes, apparently. 

European Court of Auditors say that "significant difficulties" are hampering use of money by the EU's next member state. The European Union's auditors have warned that...

MEPS approve Irish ECA nominee, reject attempt to block Spanish candidate MEPs on Tuesday (13 December) overturned a recommendation by the European Parliament's budgetary...

European Court of Auditors reports says that incorrect levels of VAT are paid on goods imported into the EU. The European Court of Auditors (ECA) said today that member...

Parliament backs the appointment of Ireland's Kevin Cardiff to the ECA, who had been rejected by the budgetary control committee. The European Parliament approved the...

Damning report to be published by the European Court of Auditors. The European Fisheries Fund (EFF) has largely failed in its objective to reduce the overcapacity of the EU's...

MEPs split over making data public ahead of next week's plenary session. MEPs are expected to back a call to overhaul EU transparency rules and widen public access to EU...

What is going on at the European Court of Auditors? Is this the European Court of Auditors, or is it a soap opera? On 23 November, the budgetary control committee of the...

Kevin Cardiff was in charge of Ireland's finance ministry when it overstated Ireland's debt by €3.6 billion. Members of the European Parliament's budgetary control...

The European Parliament = a cash business. Quite the most humorous passage in the annual report the European Court of Auditors published last week comes in comments on the...

Stung by criticism from the European Union's auditors, the European Commission has named the Czech Republic, Italy and Spain as the worst managers of EU money.

Concern over error rate in cohesion payments, but progress is made in other spending areas. A deterioration in how the member states handle regional aid will be the chief...

The arguments over the EU's future support to farming and the countryside. The European Commission is scheduled to approve next week (12 October) proposals to reform the...

Greenpeace claims authorities complicit in abuse of subsidies and waste The Spanish fishing industry is guilty of abuse, illegal activity and waste, according to...

The European Court of Auditors has in the past criticised how the EU spends money on research. Its next report is likely to follow suit. In November, the European Court of...

Auditors say 90% of the amounts listed as recoveries in the represented reimbursements from national budgets. The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has criticised the...

Claims that proposals will weaken ‘green' standards, while court is critical of EU farming support policies. Environmental campaign groups have warned that the European...

European Court of Auditors looks at itself. The European Court of Auditors, the (unloved) external auditor of all the other EU institutions, has apparently been doing a bit...

Controversies and problems in national politics have made this a particularly tough year for the Liberal group in the European Parliament. The Alliance of Liberals and...

Despite allegations of UN mismanagement of EU funds in Kosovo, investigations into fraud are barely making progress. For Kosovo, there is no more important financial...