EU Auditors’ President Caldeira and President of European Council Van Rompuy call for accountability reporting on EU spending to focus more on results

Report of a European Court of Auditors (ECA) conference on European governance and accountability, Luxembourg, 12 September 2013.

The conference gathered representatives of the EU Institutions and academics together in order to debate issues related to European governance, taking into account the pillars of financial and political accountability. President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and ECA President Vítor Caldeira called for effective accountability for results of EU spending.

• Primary Source

Council of the European Union: Press Release, PRES/13/368: Keynote speech by President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy at the closing event of the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the European Court of Auditors http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/138728.pdf

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