Tackling fraud and mismanagement in the EU

Tackling fraud and mismanagement in the EU

Working paper
Stephen Grey
02 June 2000

The European Union's political leaders have great ambitions for the years ahead: a successful economic and monetary union, a coherent and effective foreign policy, and the accession of up to 12 new member-states. Yet public confidence in the EU, and particularly in its ability to manage a €90 billion annual budget, is at an extreme low. The EU's plans could easily founder if the people of Europe are left behind, grumbling about the waste and corruption of the Brussels bureaucracy.

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