Towards the end of the European welfare state? While the economic crisis continues to rage across Europe, the European Commission wants to launch a 7 year controversial 2.5 billion euro poverty fund to help the most deprived citizens. The question remains a sore issue in the debate about [...]
L’Europe des Régions, entre utopie et gouffre financier ? Le Comité des Régions est souvent considéré comme une des institutions les plus inutiles parmi l’ensemble des organes européens. Encore faut-il savoir qu’il existe. C’est sûr qu’en ces temps de crise les citoyens européens sont en droit de se [...]
EU financial management affected by Commission and Member States misspending: An audit of the 2011 European Union accounts shows that while the revenue and commitments indicate accurate results, errors in payments affect 3.9 % of the EU budget as a whole. An amount even higher than the one [...]
