Brussels, 14/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 13 December, the European Parliament approved eight candidate members of the European Court of Auditors. Three current members, Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira (Portugal, approved by 622 votes to 36, with 32 abstentions), Karel Pinxten (Belgium, 599 votes to38 against, with 56 abstentions) and Hans Gustaf Wessberg (Sweden, 606 votes to 39 against, with 55 abstentions) were re-appointed.
The five newly-proposed members were approved with the...