Government no obligation to report on EU funds

The Government won't be obliged to submit progress reports involving investigations into cases as well as the drawing of EU funds. The coalition has turned down proposals from the Opposition MPs demanding their submission. Opposition MP Daniel Lipšic asked for a report on the progress of a particular tax fraud investigation and in reaction to this stated: "The ruling coalition has adopted an attitude that old affairs should be forgotten and the new - being still alive - cannot be resolved. The coalition MPs are therefore halting committee debates." Independent MP Zsolt Simon asked the Government to submit the report on the evaluation of the drawing of EU funds for 2007-2013. "The Slovak Republic didn't draw more than €1 billion and had to return as much as €100 million from the state budget for mistakes in the drawing of EU funds. It'd be useful if we obtained such an evaluation," said Simon.