Who is more corrupt?

Tiberius

Expect a post from Jack Dromey very soon.

ken from glos

nope !!! Why do we all put up with it??

Max Kaye

In the wake of the European Court of Auditors once again failing most areas of spending in the EU’s budget, an amusing comment from Marta Andreasen (who, some may recall, was sacked as Chief Accounting Officer for the European Commission after she refused to sign off the budget for 2001): “The Commission has more than 30,000 employees. What do they do?”.

TGF UKIP

Fraser, this is a question that should really be directed to the Clarke, Gummer, Heseltine gang. Be interesting to see their answer. Incidentally, has Dave done anything dafter than to give an official Tory platform to Clarke for him to use to describe Tory policy as "bonkers" to the everlasting delight of the Today programme and the Labour Party. Gordon and Humphrys quote him every time.

David Parker

Its the System Folks! If the Court of Auditors ever published a positive report nobody would ever believe them. But, as "official EU Auditors" (and god help those would be whistle blowers who are not "official") their adverse report merely contributes to so called ''EU transparency.' There is, of course, no provision in any EU regulation requiring the Commission to rectify or account for the defecits` identified.

Piker

Steady on there Fraser. Are you sure you meant to write "outside of Africa"? You surely meant to say "outside of America"?

Fraser Nelson

Piker, if you can name an American institution so dodgy it hasnt had its books signed off in 13 years then I'm all ears...

Lee Jakeman

Fraser - let me turn the question around - can YOU think of a more financially corrupt institution INSIDE of Africa?

David Davis

I give 4:11 on, that the UK (or England on its own) will be the first to leave, and 11:2 that it will possibly be Poland.

EyeSee

Gwyneth Dunwoody said that the Galileo project should be reviewed to see if it represented good value before proceeding, as it is going to cost at least £10 billion. This system will be paid for by taxpayers, who will then be charged to use it (through road tolls etc), thus paying for something they have already paid for, to use roads they have already paid for. The alternative is to use the American GPS system, as now, free. (Which US taxpayers generously paid for). I bet the EU somehow concludes Galileo is best value. (Free after all, doesn't give government any power).

Peter Petrelli

According to some Labour MEP on Radio 4 last night the EU is not corrupt at all. More that the acceptability tests are too stringent and in any case it's the fault of national governments. Sometimes you just wonder what planet these people live on.

owen matthews

if that's a serious, rather than a rhetorical question, then, yes, of course there is a more corrupt institution: the kremlin, whose senior bureaucrats run russia as a corporation for the personal benefit of them and their friends.

thomaskust

Corruption, or the perception of it, is entirely a reflection of the participation level of the judging audience. The more public participation and less passive viewership there is removes the issue from being one of armchair debate and opinion to one of fact and active addressal.

Fraser Nelson

Owen, it was serious so thank you. I agree - the Kremlin does indeed trump the EU.