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Federal Office of External Economic Affairs of the Federal Department of Economy(Switzerland)

During my eight years as head of the auditing department responsible for banking and debt management, the audits I led focused on the assessment of (i) financial management at federal, Land and municipal level, (ii) specific investment operations in the federal Länder, (iii) high-risk financial transactions carried out by state-owned undertakings, (iv) the effectiveness of internal audit systems in the context of the financial management of local authorities, and (v) the operational efficiency of state-owned banks (including the Austrian National Bank) and the effectiveness of financial monitoring systems (financial market supervision, b ...[+++]ank bailout package).

The strategy aims to set out an integrated EU approach to this key public health concern, which places a considerable burden on health systems and the economy as a whole due to work absenteeism, loss of productivity and early retirement.

The budget shall, in particular, include the following measures (or in exceptional circumstances, measures yielding comparable savings): further broaden the VAT base by moving goods and services from a reduced to a normal rate (with the aim of collecting at least an additional EUR 300 million); reduce public employment in addition to the rule of one recruitment for every five retirements in the public sector (with the aim of saving at least EUR 600 million); establish excise duties for non-alcoholic beverages (for a total amount of at least EUR 300 million); expand the real estate tax by updating asset values (in order to create at le ...[+++]ast EUR 200 million in extra revenue); reorganise sub-central governments (aiming at generating at least EUR 500 million in savings); introduce a nominal freeze on pensions; increase efficiency of the presumptive taxation of professionals (with the aim of collecting at least EUR 100 million); reduce transfers to public undertakings (by at least EUR 800 million) following their restructuring; make unemployment benefits means-tested (with the aim of saving EUR 500 million); and collect further revenues from the licensing of gaming (at least EUR 225 million in the sale of licences and EUR 400 million in royalties); ’;

As the Accountant General, I am regularly invited, together with the Auditor General - Head of the National Audit Institution, to attend National Parliament Committee meetings, especially meetings of the Public Accounts Audit Committee when Ministries/Departments/Services are under parliamentary scrutiny, so as to provide my expert independent opinion on matters relating to Public Financial Management and Public Procurement.