Strasbourg – The European Parliament has endorsed Jorg Kristijan Petrovič, Slovenia’s candidate for the European Court of Auditors. Wednesday’s non-binding vote was 487 in favour and 196 against with 11 abstentions. The endorsement came after Petrovič, currently the first deputy president of the Slovenian Court of Audit, assured MEPs of his political independence and impartiality at his hearing before the Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control on 10 January. Petrovič, who was nominated by the government for the post even though the parliamentary EU Affairs Committee voted against the proposal, told…
