Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-01-18-Speech-2-384-000"
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"Last week, a member of the European Court of Auditors, who retired recently after 15 years of service, made serious allegations in the media. The allegations, which come as no surprise to me, pointed essentially to the lack of independence of the EU auditors, which affects the level of transparency in the reporting of irregularities.
The clarification letter published yesterday by Mr Engwirda does nothing more than confirm the Commission’s power over the auditors, and it calls into question the basis on which this Parliament has been granting discharge for the past 15 years.
It is now time for this Parliament to demand that the EU budget and accounts are audited by a truly independent body external to the EU institutions. Without such an independent audit, the Council and Parliament are in no position to continue discharging the Commission of its financial responsibility.
Will you, Mr Barroso, allow an external auditor to review the accounts and tell us the truth about how European taxpayers’ money is being spent?"@en1
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