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"The report on the 2010 discharge for the European Environment Agency provided for postponement of the discharge. I certainly voted for the postponement of the discharge, which I proposed as rapporteur. I have serious concerns towards this agency with regard to conflicts of interest, public procurement, transparency and the way it spends the EU taxpayers’' money. In 2010, the agency built a green façade that lasted only 5 months, but cost more than EUR 294 000, and yet no public tender was made. The agency will also spend EUR 250 000 for media monitoring in the next 4 years. This is excessive, unjustified and disregards the taxpayers’ money. Conflicts of interest are a major problem in the agency. In 2010, while the EEA Executive Director was a member of the International Board of Directors of Earthwatch, 29 staff members of the agency, including the Executive Director, went for up to 10 days of research on different biodiversity projects in the Caribbean or Mediterranean managed by Earthwatch to whom the agency paid a total of EUR 33 791.28. Moreover, WorldWatch Institute Europe used the EEA premises for its own activities without paying any rent."@en1
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