site.btaEP Budgetary Control Committee Chair: Bulgaria Should Restore National Audit Office's Independence

107 POLITICS - EP - BUDGETARY CONTROL COMMITTEE - BULGARIA

EP Budgetary Control Committee Chair:
Bulgaria Should Restore
National Audit Office's Independence


Brussels, November 19 (BTA) - Ingeborg Grassle, Chair of the
European Parliament Budgetary Control Committee, Tuesday
expressed her certainty that under the Government of Prime
Minister Boyko Borissov, Bulgaria will follow the road along
which it will be supported by the European Parliament and the EU
through the resources under operational programmes. Grassle was
speaking during a working meeting with GERB floor leader
Tsvetan Tsvetanov in Brussels, the party's press centre said.

Grassle said she expects the new majority in the Bulgarian
Parliament and the Government to make the necessary legislative
changes which would once again guarantee the National Audit
Office's independence from the political parties. She
underscored that the independence of this audit body is of
exceptional importance not only because of its control over the
national budget's resources, but also because the National Audit
Office is a guarantee of the transparent absorption of EU
funds.

At the end of the meeting, Grassle cabled congratulations to
Borissov on winning the parliamentary elections and the efforts
made in the formation of a stable government.

LI/DS