Brussels, 29/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - The president of the European Parliament transmitted, on Wednesday, to the presidents of the political groups the preliminary report by the Court of Auditors on spending by political groups for the previous legislature. Nicole Fontaine recalls that the Parliament has two and a half months in which to respond within the context of contradictory procedure, but it considers appropriate to complete this procedure as quickly as possible.
Ms Fontaine received, following a request addressed to the President of the Court of Auditors Jan Karlsson, a complementary document of a confidential kind which presents a summary of the results of controls carried out on spending by the different political groups.