COURT OF AUDITORS VOTE
May 1st, 2004
Keith NuthallTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has ignored a European Parliament appeal to not appoint Slovakia's nominee to the EU financial watchdog the Court of Auditors; MEPs claimed insufficient experience in financial forensics. Following May 1's EU expansion (sparking the need for new court members), parliament accepted a "negative opinion" on Julius Molnár, despite being European cooperation and international relations director for Slovakia's supreme audit office. MEPs were also to oppose Cyprus' nominee Constantinos Karmios over his alleged ...
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