EP rejects Polish candidate to European Court of Auditors

The European Parliament has approved nominations to the European Court of Auditors from Slovenia, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but rejected that from Poland, in plenary votes on Wednesday, on the basis of Budgetary Control Committee recommendations. Before the plenary vote, the six nominees were heard in the Budgetary Control Committee on 15 March, which recommended rejecting the candidates from Slovakia, Poland and Malta. According to EU sources quoted by Rzeczpospolita, the candidacy of Janusz Wojciechowski from Law and Justice (PiS) was rejected due to doubts regarding his independence from his party. Despite the rejection of Wojciechowski, Poland is still eligible to one seat in the European Court of Auditors.