EU auditors elected Tony Murphy as the brand new president of the European Courtroom of Auditors, the court docket introduced Tuesday.
The Luxembourg-based court docket conducts audits into how European Union cash is spent and the way EU insurance policies are fashioned.
Murphy, who’s the Irish member of the court docket, takes over from Klaus-Heiner Lehne, who has served as president since October 2016. Lehne, a former German MEP, had come beneath strain over alleged misuse of funds, for which he needed to defend himself in entrance of the European Parliament’s budgetary management committee.
This time round, members chosen a president with a extra technocratic profile. Murphy has spent his profession climbing the ladders of the court docket and in addition has expertise on the Audit Board of the Council of Europe and on the European Funding Fund.
Murphy is elected for a three-year time period, which is renewable.
