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Wolf Klinz will defend the EU's views at the IASB

Brussels, 17/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - The new chair of the advisory group on financial reporting in Europe (EFRAG), Wolf Klinz, will be making a clear case for the EU's views at the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), which monitors accounting standards at international level.

“I see this post as a political one,” said Klinz on Tuesday 14 April at a hearing of the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee, reports Reuters. He said the EFRAG “should...