5 March 2008 

MEP Paul Van Buitenen has published an extensive summary of the audit report which a majority of MEPs in the Budget Control Committee wanted to keep secret. The findings of the audit report are serious with some MEPs apparently paying expenses meant for staff to their own bank accounts.

Paul van Buitenen was part of the parliamentary committee that reviewed the report so his summary cannot be easily dismissed by those seeking to prevent transparent oversight of the  European Parliament's spending.

Read the summary here...