The European Parliament decided by 656 votes to 22, with 16 abstentions, to deliver a favourable opinion on the Council's proposal to nominate the Czech candidate Jan Gregor as a member of the Court of Auditors.
Jan Gregor is a Member of the European Court of Auditors, Chairman of the Audit Quality and Control Committee (since May 2016) and Vice-Chairman of the Professional Standards Committee of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) (since February 2020).
The Committee on Budgetary Control evaluated the credentials of the candidate proposed by the Council in view of the requirements laid down in Article 286(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). It then held a hearing with the candidate on 10 January 2022, during which the candidate made an opening statement and then answered questions put by the committee members. These questions covered, inter alia, the performance of duties (lessons learned and commitments for the future), portfolio management, working methods and deliverables, and guarantees of independence and integrity.