OLAF/IAS REFORM

BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Commission president Romano Prodi has announced a string of reforms designed to further toughen his organisation's ability to fight internal fraud and mismanagement. Stung by criticisms following the Eurostat scandal that he has failed to deliver on his goal of squashing European Union (EU) financial misconduct, he told the European Parliament's budgetary affairs committee that the Commission would increase the political responsibility of Commissioners for the actions of their officers. Prodi said a procedure would be introduced telling ...


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