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5 May 17
National audit bodies’ role in scrutinising the European Union’s agricultural spending is flawed and falls short of international standards, the bloc’s auditors have concluded.
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2 May 17
European Court of Auditors president Klaus-Heiner Lehne talks to PF about reform, Brexit and the role of facts in a ‘post-truth’ world
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5 Apr 17
Progress is being made with European Union member state’s partnership spending plans, but performance measures are too complex, auditors have concluded.
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4 Apr 17
Eurozone unemployment fell to its lowest level in eight years in February, but auditors have warned that the bloc’s effort to reduce youth unemployment has fallen short of expectations.
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28 Mar 17
European Union aid for Tunisia was overambitious and too lax, according to the European Court of Auditors.
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28 Feb 17
European Union funds focused on helping sub-Saharan African countries to collect more domestic taxes are not yet being used effectively, auditors said today.
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21 Feb 17
The European Union’s flagship biodiversity programme, Natura 2000, requires better oversight and financial management, auditors have said.
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16 Feb 17
The European Commission has delivered “final warnings” on pollution to a host of the bloc’s major economies.
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19 Jan 17
The European Union’s response to recent disasters around the world has been “broadly effective”, according to the European Court of Auditors.
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17 Jan 17
The European Union’s executive is failing to tackle food waste, which amounts to around 88 million tonnes per year, auditors have found.
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13 Jan 17
“Management weaknesses” in the European Commission have contributed to reducing the effectiveness of recent EU aid to Honduras, according to a report published yesterday by the European Court of...
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9 Dec 16
European Union protections against pandemics that could spread quickly throughout the bloc suffer from “significant weaknesses”, the European Court of Auditors has found.
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8 Dec 16
The European Union’s support for improved financial management and governance in Ukraine has been only partially effective, and the limited results achieved so far remain “fragile”, the bloc’s...
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22 Nov 16
European Union spending on climate change may fall short of target, with a lacklustre effort to channel funds towards climate action throwing spending off schedule, auditors have found.
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18 Nov 16
The European Central Bank has blocked a full audit of its system to supervise banks across the European Union, the bloc’s court of auditors has said.
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14 Nov 16
Plans to increase the size of the fund underpinning the EU’s so-called Juncker Plan by €12bn are premature and not supported by evidence, the European Court of Auditors has argued.
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27 Oct 16
The European Commission cannot ensure the Common Agricultural Policy cross-compliance system is effective, the EU Court of Auditors has warned.
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18 Oct 16
Governance at the European Commission is functional but lags behind international best practice and is in need of an update, the European Court of Auditors said today.
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13 Oct 16
Spending rules for European Union resources have become so complex that they encourage errors and lack transparency, the president of the European Court of Auditors has warned.
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4 Oct 16
European Union member states are breaking the state aid rules of the bloc’s major investment policy at a much higher rate than thought, according to the European Court of Auditors.
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23 Sep 16
Almost €400m of European Union investment into ports and maritime infrastructure within the bloc since 2000 has been wasted, according to the European Court of Auditors.
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20 Sep 16
The cost of decommissioning Soviet-era nuclear power plants in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Slovakia could balloon to €11.4bn ($12.7bn), the European Court of Auditors has warned.
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13 Sep 16
Pre-accession assistance supplied by the European Union to the Western Balkans worth more than €1bn has been only “partly effective”, auditors have concluded, despite noteworthy efforts from the...
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6 Sep 16
The European Union lost a "staggering" €160bn in value added tax revenues in 2014, according to European Commission data released today.
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6 Sep 16
The impact of European Union support proffered to Montenegro to help it work towards joining the bloc has been muted due to a lack of commitment to reform by the country’s government, the European...
5 May 17National audit bodies’ role in scrutinising the European Union’s agricultural spending is flawed and falls short of international standards, the bloc’s auditors have concluded.
2 May 17European Court of Auditors president Klaus-Heiner Lehne talks to PF about reform, Brexit and the role of facts in a ‘post-truth’ world
5 Apr 17Progress is being made with European Union member state’s partnership spending plans, but performance measures are too complex, auditors have concluded.
4 Apr 17Eurozone unemployment fell to its lowest level in eight years in February, but auditors have warned that the bloc’s effort to reduce youth unemployment has fallen short of expectations.
28 Mar 17European Union aid for Tunisia was overambitious and too lax, according to the European Court of Auditors.
28 Feb 17European Union funds focused on helping sub-Saharan African countries to collect more domestic taxes are not yet being used effectively, auditors said today.
21 Feb 17The European Union’s flagship biodiversity programme, Natura 2000, requires better oversight and financial management, auditors have said.
16 Feb 17The European Commission has delivered “final warnings” on pollution to a host of the bloc’s major economies.
19 Jan 17The European Union’s response to recent disasters around the world has been “broadly effective”, according to the European Court of Auditors.
17 Jan 17The European Union’s executive is failing to tackle food waste, which amounts to around 88 million tonnes per year, auditors have found.
9 Dec 16European Union protections against pandemics that could spread quickly throughout the bloc suffer from “significant weaknesses”, the European Court of Auditors has found.
8 Dec 16The European Union’s support for improved financial management and governance in Ukraine has been only partially effective, and the limited results achieved so far remain “fragile”, the bloc’s...
22 Nov 16European Union spending on climate change may fall short of target, with a lacklustre effort to channel funds towards climate action throwing spending off schedule, auditors have found.
18 Nov 16The European Central Bank has blocked a full audit of its system to supervise banks across the European Union, the bloc’s court of auditors has said.
18 Oct 16Governance at the European Commission is functional but lags behind international best practice and is in need of an update, the European Court of Auditors said today.
13 Oct 16Spending rules for European Union resources have become so complex that they encourage errors and lack transparency, the president of the European Court of Auditors has warned.
23 Sep 16Almost €400m of European Union investment into ports and maritime infrastructure within the bloc since 2000 has been wasted, according to the European Court of Auditors.
20 Sep 16The cost of decommissioning Soviet-era nuclear power plants in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Slovakia could balloon to €11.4bn ($12.7bn), the European Court of Auditors has warned.
6 Sep 16The European Union lost a "staggering" €160bn in value added tax revenues in 2014, according to European Commission data released today.
