Question mark over Slovak nominee to Court of Auditors

The European Union Council of Ministers has ignored a European Parliament appeal to not approve Slovakia’s nominee to the EU financial watchdog, the Court of Auditors, over his alleged insufficient experience in financial forensics. Following May 1st’s EU expansion (sparking the need for new Court members), parliament accepted a “negative opinion” on Julius Molnár, European cooperation and international relations director for Slovakia’s supreme audit office. MEPs were also to oppose Cyprus’ nominee Constantinos Karmios over alleged conflicting business interests, but he withdrew.