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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12344
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INSTITUTIONAL / Budget

Court of Auditors of the EU detects a slightly higher level of error of 2.6% for 2018 expenditures

The Court of Auditors of the EU ruled on Tuesday 8 October that problems persist in high-risk areas of expenditure, such as cohesion and rural development. By publishing its annual report assessing EU budget expenditure for 2018, the auditors suggest that the next Commission take steps to simplify the rules and that Member States improve their control systems.

Auditors estimate the error rate for 2018 expenditure at 2.6% (compared to 2.4% in 2017 and 3.1% in 2016). The errors were detected...

Contents

COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT: Frans Timmermans, first Executive Vice President appointed to European Green Deal, makes an impression during his hearing
DIGITAL/COMPETITION: Margrethe Vestager pledges 'to make Europe more like itself'
FINANCE/EURO AREA: Valdis Dombrovskis promises to work to strengthen European economic sovereignty
AGRICULTURE: MEPs support Janusz Wojciechowski's candidacy after a more convincing performance
INTERNAL MARKET: Sylvie Goulard undertakes in writing to resign in case of conviction, but not in case of indictment
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: ‘Malta Agreement’ on allocation of migrants struggles to bring together a majority of EU countries
JUSTICE: agreement between United Kingdom and United States on access to electronic evidence raises serious concerns
FISHERIES: Commission proposes a 10% reduction in fishing effort in Mediterranean in 2020
ENERGY: development of wind energy in Europe remains uncertain, warns WindEurope
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: experts recommend streamlining EU’s external financial interventions for sustainable development
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMAN RIGHTS: Brazilian activists, Restorers, and Ilham Tohti are finalists for 2019 Sakharov Prize
KOSOVO: EU calls for quick formation of a government
JORDAN: according to Mrs Mogherini, 3rd macrofinancial assistance package should be disbursed at beginning of 2020
ACP: MEPs will not silently accept disappearance of Joint Parliamentary Assembly in post-Cotonou partnership
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: ‘coordinated maritime presence’ will increase EU’s political and operational influence, according to Mr Fradin
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Court of Auditors of the EU detects a slightly higher level of error of 2.6% for 2018 expenditures
UNITED KINGDOM: tempers are flaring up ten days before a major European summit on Brexit
CULTURE
CULTURE: Paris among most creative and cultural cities in Europe
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Josep Borrell's candidacy for the post of High Representative the Union receives green light from MEPs
COMMISSION: unanimous green light from European Parliament’s political groups for appointment of Věra Jourová as Vice-President for Values and Democracy
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: successful test for Ylva Johansson, approved by coordinators to be Commissioner for Home Affairs after her written answers
CLIMATE: Miguel Arias Cañete in Costa Rica to participate in pre-COP 25
TERRORISM: a new voluntary protocol to combat dissemination of extremist content online