Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Bart Staes" produced 41 items.
| 1. No whistling allowed | February 2, 2012 |
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The checkered career of Marta Andreasen. Marta Andreasen, an MEP for the | |
| 2. €16m Strasbourg office expansion approved | September 28, 2011 |
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Senior panel approves secretary-general's plan. A senior European Parliament panel has recommended a €16 million plan to expand office space for MEPs and staff in... | |
| 3. Committee in disarray as Chatzimarkakis loses degree | July 14, 2011 |
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Decicion to strip liberal MEP of doctor's title cast doubt over budgetary control committee. Attempts to appoint a new chairman of the European Parliament's... |
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| 4. MEPs, campaigners attack revised code of conduct for commissioners | April 28, 2011 |
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Commission says code is the most rigid in the EU. MEPs and transparency campaigners have attacked changes to the European Commission's code of conduct for commissioners,... |
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| 5. Buzek says OLAF can investigate 'cash for influence' MEPs | March 31, 2011 |
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Investigation will be limited to possible breach of administrative rules, not criminal proceedings. The European Parliament today dropped its opposition to letting OLAF,... |
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| 6. MEPs expected to approve the EU's 2009 accounts | March 24, 2011 |
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Lead MEP leans towards recommending approval, as Parliament expects budget reforms to be implemented. MEPs on the European Parliament's budgetary control committee are... |
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| 7. The centre of attention | January 13, 2011 |
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The European Parliament's visitors' centre is behind schedule and over budget, and MEPs want to know why. Growing concerns over the failure to deliver on the European... |
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| 8. Commission urged to get tougher with member states | November 11, 2010 |
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MEPs say not enough is being done to curb poor financial management.
Members of the European Parliament reacted to the auditors' report by accusing the European... |
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| 9. Stubborn reformer | October 28, 2010 |
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German MEP Ingeborg Grässle is no push-over European Parliament orthodoxy is that one of the least attractive posts for a member is as co-ordinator for the centre-right... |
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| 10. Parliament, Council reach budget deal | May 17, 2010 |
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Council accedes to Parliament's demands for extra funds in exchange for passage of the Council's 2008 budget. The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have... | |
| 11. Parliament approves accounts | May 5, 2010 |
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MEPs admit that more needs to be done to improve how the Parliamant uses taxpayers' money. The European Parliament today (5 May) approved the accounts for the €1.4... | |
| 12. Spending critics fight to save budget report from whitewash | March 25, 2010 |
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Budget control committee tones down criticism, but three groups to submit joint amendments. A loose coalition of the European Parliament's three smaller political groups... |
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| 13. ‘Extra' work does not always need more money | March 25, 2010 |
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MEPs have new powers under the Lisbon treaty, but should they get more money as a result? Is useful work inherently more expensive than pointless work? The question arises... | |
| 14. Showdown over criticism of Parliament's spending | March 18, 2010 |
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MEPs to vote on toning down censure, while centre-right MEP files 74 amendments to draft. Members of the European Parliament are to be faced with a choice next week between... | |
| 15. Is the Parliament too politicised? | March 18, 2010 |
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Staff move between the groups and secretariat; Parliament's Secretariat accused of seeking to delay report A dispute among MEPs over how the European Parliament spends its... | |
| 16. Author of spending report ‘muzzled' by Parliament | March 11, 2010 |
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MEP preparing report on the Parliament's spending says the centre-right is trying to water down criticism. An MEP who has prepared a critical report on how the European... | |
| 17. MEPs get to spend their way, for now | March 4, 2010 |
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Reports find the Parliament is lacking control systems. How the European Parliament spends its annual budget is being brought to public attention in a way never seen in the... | |
| 18. Report chides Parliament's lax control of public money | February 25, 2010 |
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Report warns of backlash from voters, while the Parliament's secretary-general is criticised over secrecy. Lax controls on the use of public money are putting the European... |
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| 19. Bureau's control of purse-strings | February 11, 2010 |
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€35m spent on buying London office €192,000 cost of trip to Réunion by centre-right. Details have emerged of millions of euros of spending in and for the... |
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| 20. Accountable to a hire power | February 11, 2010 |
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Different visions of the Parliamant's spending. Compare and contrast. Bart Staes, the Green MEP who is preparing a report on the European Parliament's spending, has asked... |
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