- Preface
- New to this edition
- List of Boxes
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- 1. Theorizing EU institutions: Why they matter for politics and international relations
- 2. The history of EU institutions: Six decades of institutional change
- Part I Providing Direction
- 3. The European Council: A formidable locus of power
- 4. The Council of Ministers: Conflict, consensus, and continuity
- 5. The College of Commissioners: Supranational leadership and presidential politics
- 6. The European Parliament: The power of democratic ideas
- 7. The Court of Justice: European integration and judicial institutions
- Part II Managing the Union
- 8. The Commission Services: A powerful permanent bureaucracy
- 9. The European Central Bank: New powers and new institutional theories
- 10. European agencies: Managing Europeanization
- 11. The Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office: The politics of financial accountability
- Part III Integrating Interests
- 12. Police and judicial cooperation: Integrating security interests
- 13. Common foreign and security policy: Institutionalizing Europe’s global role
- 14. Coreper: National interests and the logic of appropriateness
- 15. European parties: A powerful caucus in the European Parliament and beyond
- 16. Social and regional interests: The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
- 17. Conclusion: EU institutions in theory and practice
- References
- Index
(p. 258) 11. The Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office: The politics of financial accountability
- Chapter:
- (p. 258) 11. The Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office: The politics of financial accountability
- Author(s):
Brigid Laffan
- DOI:
- 10.1093/hepl/9780198737414.003.0011
This chapter examines the politics of financial accountability in the European Union by focusing on two organizational entities designed to protect its financial interests: the Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF, from the French Office européen de lutte antifraude). It first provides an overview of the two institutionsʼ origins before discussing their internal structures, powers, and their place in the institutional landscape of the EU. It then considers the institutions in context, with emphasis on their respective roles in financial control and the larger EU system, theories on their establishment and development, and their impact. The chapter concludes by assessing the contributions of OLAF and the Court of Auditors to the growing salience of financial management in the EU.
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- Preface
- New to this edition
- List of Boxes
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- 1. Theorizing EU institutions: Why they matter for politics and international relations
- 2. The history of EU institutions: Six decades of institutional change
- Part I Providing Direction
- 3. The European Council: A formidable locus of power
- 4. The Council of Ministers: Conflict, consensus, and continuity
- 5. The College of Commissioners: Supranational leadership and presidential politics
- 6. The European Parliament: The power of democratic ideas
- 7. The Court of Justice: European integration and judicial institutions
- Part II Managing the Union
- 8. The Commission Services: A powerful permanent bureaucracy
- 9. The European Central Bank: New powers and new institutional theories
- 10. European agencies: Managing Europeanization
- 11. The Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office: The politics of financial accountability
- Part III Integrating Interests
- 12. Police and judicial cooperation: Integrating security interests
- 13. Common foreign and security policy: Institutionalizing Europe’s global role
- 14. Coreper: National interests and the logic of appropriateness
- 15. European parties: A powerful caucus in the European Parliament and beyond
- 16. Social and regional interests: The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
- 17. Conclusion: EU institutions in theory and practice
- References
- Index
