26/08/2020 (Agence Europe) – The European Court of Auditors started, in mid-August, an audit of the post-financial rescue budgetary surveillance programmes currently being carried out in five euro area countries, namely Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus and Greece. The objective of this audit is to examine the design, implementation and effectiveness of these programmes, and in particular the Commission's ability to provide institutional creditors with guarantees as to the five countries'...