European Parliament
Daniel Hannan  (ECR ).
(ES)
Mr President, I am glad that Parliament has backtracked on the path it took last December when it endeavoured to vote for the candidate put forward by Spain’s previous socialist government on the very eve of the announcement of the elections which gave the
Partido Popular
an absolute majority.
It was a mistake to take a vote – particularly when these elections had already taken place – on a candidate whom we already knew lacked the support of the Spanish Government.
Let us hope that the Court of Auditors, acting together with the Council and Parliament, can carry out its work with the efficiency that we need now more than ever in this time of crisis.

