Because he has breached his obligations as a Member of the European Court of Auditors, Belgian Karel Pinxten must be deprived of two thirds of his pension rights and related benefits from the date of delivery of the judgment, Advocate General Gerard Hogan said in a Opinion delivered on Thursday 17 December (Case C-130/19).
Based on a report by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) in July 2018, the European Court of Auditors criticises Mr Pinxten, its former member from 2006 to 2018 for:...