In response to the European Court of Auditors report that slammed the 'Natura
2000' program as needing "improvements" in "management, financing and
monitoring". In an unusual move the ECA has criticised the delivery of a key EU
policy, one that costs British taxpayers significant sums of
money.
Stuart Agnew MEP, UKIPs Agriculture spokesman said: "British taxpayers,
who disproportionately fund these well-meaning environmental schemes will be
intensely irritated to hear that yet again their money is not being spent
effectively abroad. They will also be irritated to learn that Natura 2000 was
erroneously used by Green lobbyists to persuade our Government that dredging
rivers was inadvisable, resulting in very serious flooding damage a few years
ago."
