On Friday 4 November, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published an information document containing some fairly harsh criticism of the Commission's communication on the mid-term review of the the multiannual financial framework (MFF) of the EU for 2014-202 (see EUROPE 11624).
The proposals do not allow for a "comprehensive EU spending review of the performance and added value of the different areas of the EU budget", ECA's document reads. It argues that such an exercise should be carried...