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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12690

1 April 2021
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Finance
European Commission called to account by 73 MEPs over its contracts with ‘Big Four’
Brussels, 31/03/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 30 March, 73 MEPs from the EPP, S&D, Renew Europe, Greens/EFA and The Left groups called the European Commission to account after Euractiv recently revealed the amounts paid out in contracts with the ‘Big Four’ auditors and the risk of conflicts of interest.

In a letter sent to the European Commission on the initiative of Philippe Lamberts (Greens/EFA, Belgium), MEPs call on it to take “strong actions” to “avoid the risk of undue influence by private consultancy firms...

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