In 2017, the combination of a high level of commitment and a low level of payments further increased the under-execution of the budget of the European Union, with outstanding commitments having risen from €238 to €267.3 billion compared to 2016, the European Court of Auditors warned on Thursday 4 October, in its annual activity report.
“The EU should not make promises if it cannot deliver”, the President of the Court, Klaus-Heiner Lehne, said the day before, observing that the level...