Financial Accountability in the European Union

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<P>This book offers comprehensive coverage of various aspects of financial accountability around the EU budget ¿ how it is spent via policies, how institutions engage in checking policy performance (what taxpayers¿ money actually delivers), and therein, the issues of monitoring, controlling, auditing, scrutinising and communicating budgetary expenditure. </P><P>Presenting conceptual and theoretical approaches including financial accountability, learning, multi-level governance, implementation and throughput legitimacy, it looks at EU institutions (European Parliament, European Court of Auditors, European Ombudsman, European Public Prosecutor¿s Office) and national bodies (supreme audit institutions at the national level), examining their contact with the EU budget. It details the historical development of accountability mechanisms (the ¿statement of assurance¿, financial corrections, and parliamentary oversight by the Budgetary Control Committee (CONT)), and examines policy areas such