BRUSSELS - The EU is knowingly paying Palestinian
civil servants who have not worked in years, its spending watchdog says.
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It
noted that the Union has paid the Palestinian Authority (PA) around €200 million
a year between 2008 and 2012 to cover public sector salaries.The Luxembourg-based European Court of Auditors published its findings in a report, out on Wednesday (11 December), on the EU's "Pegase" programme.
The
money has funded approximately half of the PA’s 170,000 civil servants and
pensioners. EU Observer.
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