{"id":308,"date":"2013-02-12T15:45:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T15:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/?page_id=308"},"modified":"2017-05-09T09:29:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T09:29:37","slug":"the-court-of-auditors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/learning\/module-1-understanding-eu-institutions\/the-court-of-auditors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Court of Auditors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Possibly the least known of the EU\u2019s institutions, the Court of Auditors, has nonetheless an influential and important role.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/european-union\/about-eu\/institutions-bodies\/european-court-auditors_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Please read this short passage on the Court of Auditors from the Europa website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the previous text mentioned, the Court of Auditors provides financial oversight for all revenue and expenditure aspects of the EU. Perhaps its greatest responsibility and the most politically significant is the Court\u2019s oversight of the Commission\u2019s handling of its budget. The Court of Auditors&#8217; annual report on the Commission\u2019s financial practices carries significant weight when the Parliament is called upon to \u2018discharge\u2019 (effectively to approve) the Commission\u2019s management of the previous year\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n<p>The most dramatic example of this influence was in the late 1990s, when the Court&#8217;s heavy criticism of the Santer Commission\u2019s handling of the 1996 and 1997 budgets contributed significantly to the pressure that led to the Santer Commission\u2019s eventual resignation in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>To read a newspaper article commenting on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/1999\/mar\/16\/eu.politics1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resignation of the Santer Commission from the time click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/learning\/module-1-understanding-eu-institutions\/the-european-central-bank-ecb\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/learning\/module-1-understanding-eu-institutions\/who-is-the-president-of-europe\/\"> Next &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Possibly the least known of the EU\u2019s institutions, the Court of Auditors, has nonetheless an influential and important role. 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