European Parliament
Stauner (PPE-DE ),
in writing.
(DE)
As in each of the past few years, I have voted against granting the Commission discharge for 2001. The Prodi Commission has once again failed to fulfil its obligation to manage the European taxpayers’ money prudently and thriftily.
- For the eighth time in succession, the European Court of Auditors has refused to issue the Commission with a statement of assurance as to the reliability of its accounts.
- The glaring accounting deficiencies in the Commission which first came to light in the spring of 2002 encourage fraud and carelessness.
- For ten years the Commission did not conduct a single cash audit.
- In Eurostat, the European Statistical Office, mismanagement and top-level conflicts of interest have been discovered, but no tangible action has been taken in response to these discoveries.
A European Union with this sort of administration cannot fulfil the exacting requirements arising from enlargement and from the continuing process of integration.

