Court of Auditors: appointment of three additional members

The Committee on Budgetary Control heard the three persons nominated by the authorities of the new Member States in public on 7 February 1995 and then, following discussion in camera, voted in favour of all the nominees by a large majority in a secret ballot. It therefore adopted the report by Mrs Diemut Theato recommending that plenary grant its assent to the appointment of the three nominees to the European Court of Auditors. In view of the forthcoming renewals, the Committee on Budgetary Control reminded the Member States, and the Council in particular, that it found the lack of women members of the Court unacceptable.