Court of Auditors: appointment of a Finnish member

The European Parliament decided by 528 votes to 62, with 39 abstentions, to deliver a favourable opinion on the Council’s nomination of Petri Sarvamaa (Finnish candidate) as a Member of the Court of Auditors.

By letter of 22 September 2023, the Council consulted Parliament on the nomination of Petri Sarvamaa as a Member of the Court of Auditors.

Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control then proceeded to evaluate Petri Sarvamaa’s credentials. In carrying out that evaluation, the committee received a curriculum vitae from Petri Sarvamaa, as well as the replies to the written questionnaire that he had been sent. The committee subsequently held a hearing with Petri Sarvamaa on 7 November 2023, at which he made an opening statement and then answered questions put by the members of the committee.