EU agencies should tighten their rules and controls to minimise the risk of managers and other senior staff leaving for jobs in the private sector that may present conflicts of interest, according to the annual report on the agencies published by the European Court of Auditors on Thursday 27 October.
At the same time, the EU’s financial watchdog confirmed the reliability of the agencies’ accounts by signing off on their 2021 accounts.
The auditors also gave all 44 agencies a good...