Corruption
Misuse of position for personal profit and the resulting danger of such misuse of EU funds is a problem and the EU promised to deal with it.
Note
- According to transparency.org "corruption blossoms, wherever lack of transparency reigns".
The Santer EU Commission had to resign in 1999 under public pressure, following an investigation into administrative failings (incompetence and malpractice).
The institutions having the authority, or influence - and so the main actors - to introduce transparency in the EU, including its Accounts, are:
- Commission
- Council of Ministers
- Court of Auditors
- Parliament, with its today's power of Censure
but also:
- public servants (see Whistleblowers)
- European citizens
Links
See also Marta Andreasen, Paul van Buitenen, Michel Sautelet, Dorte Schmidt-Brown, Dougal Watt and Censure, Transparency, Whistleblowers.
