Translation of "Schlechter verwaltung" in English

Much more money is lost by bad management and inefficient, ineffective control than is lost by fraud.

The Commission's current practice of accounting on spreadsheets lends itself to poor administration and fraud.

And Nigeria, with the oil sector, had the reputation of being corrupt and not managing its own public finances well.

The reality is that in some cases, aid has had a positive effect, in others it did not, and this is by no means always to do with the quality of the aid; it can also be to do with other things, such as natural disasters, bad management, political destabilization or wars.

It is Parliament's duty as a supervisory body to investigate these possible abuses, to point out where mismanagement, irregularity and even fraud has occurred, and to call for appropriate action to be taken and to ensure that this is done.

Cases of maladministration, dishonesty, corruption - whatever you wish to call them - may be rare.

Look at the figures for complaints and you find a constant increase, but, as I see it, the primary significance of that is not that European administration has become worse, but that more and more members of the public are endeavouring to assert their rights.

I can safely say that overall the administration of European Development Fund money is by no means worse than the administration of development aid from the EU budget.

The most common complaint was lack of transparency, including refusal of information (25%), followed by unfairness or abuse of power and a variety of other types of maladministration.

The Commission opposes this reform on the grounds that it implies political interference, but we believe that the Ombudsman is perfectly capable of distinguishing between maladministration and defective politics.

I think that the issues I have raised constitute grounds for investigating levels of infringement of Community law and poor administration and, consequently, for establishing a committee of inquiry.

Forgive me for saying so, Mr Diamandouros, but you only have competence with regard to maladministration issues.

His effective activities highlight the distinction between good and bad administration, offering guidance on recognising mistakes, and seeking satisfactory solutions for complainants, likely to transform bad conduct into good.

But then by the end of the decade, the country had fallen back into political instability and mismanagement.

Pessimism about slow national recoveries in the developed world is causing analysts to conflate poor domestic and regional governance with poor global governance.

A third option would be to confront the European banking union’s shortcomings by setting out a comprehensive plan to restructure, recapitalize, and consolidate the Italian banking system, thereby ending decades of poor governance and bad supervisory practices.

Sound debt management is, in effect, sound social policy – a lesson that borrowers and lenders alike should heed as they enter into debts that, if not properly managed, can turn out to be more complicated than first assumed and more troublesome than anyone expected.

A CSD's IT systems shall ensure that any data at the disposal of the CSD is protected from loss, leakage, unauthorised access, poor administration, inadequate record-keeping, and other processing risks.

By identifying these public service principles, we aim to help civil servants avoid conflicts of interest and other forms of maladministration.

I regret that the Commission did not accept my proposal to rectify the serious instances of maladministration in this case.

Not all firms cease activities because of lack of finance or mismanagement.

The decentralised cooperation programmes (Med-Urbs, Med-Campus, Med-Media) are intended to encourage civil society organisations on both sides of the Mediterranean to meet and draw up plans jointly; they have come to a standstill since 1995 through poor internal management.

The Commission should include, as an essential part of its reform package for the transit system, a proposal for writing off outstanding debts where these can be shown to be the result of maladministration.

An estimated 21 million tons of wheat – equivalent to Australia’s entire annual crop – rots or is eaten by insects, owing to inadequate storage and poor management at the government-run Food Corporation of India (FCI).