Heinrich Aigner (1924-1988), as a Member of the European Parliament, was deeply committed to setting up a comprehensive budgetary control framework at the European level and was the real driving force behind the establishment of the European Court of Auditors.

Erasmus+ is a well-known, successful EU brand. Between 2014 and 2020 it will provide support worth over €16 billion in the fields of education and training, youth and sport. We assessed the performance and European added value of learning mobility, a key action in Erasmus + which represents...

We examined the European Commission's management of the three Economic Adjustment Programmes for Greece, bearing in mind the institutional set-up of the different financial assistance instruments used. In relation to the ongoing programme, the audit focused only on the design aspects. Funding...

In this performance review, we assessed the CJEU's case management processes, in particular whether the procedures in place promoted the efficient handling of cases lodged and whether their timely resolution could be enhanced. In recent years the CJEU has increased its focus on timeliness of...

In 2016, the warmest year on record, the world was on average 1.1 °C warmer than in the pre-industrial period. Climate change and its causes are no longer subject to serious scientific dispute. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, human influence on the climate system is...