European Parliament
Lorenzo Fontana  (EFD ),
in writing.
(IT)
The Court of Auditors’ annual report 2010 should, in my view, be welcomed, since it picks up on various critical issues such as the need for reliable statistical data about the scale of fraud and corruption, tax and customs evasion, and the misuse of EU funds by organised crime. These are essential figures, but thus far they have been provided with a lack of precision, preventing the Commission from effectively estimating the scale of irregularities and fraud. Such figures must be precise, since they form the basis for the development of new strategies for combating this kind of phenomena. That is why I voted in favour.

