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- Political independence.

- Guaranteeing the independence of the NAO in the Constitution and the focus on performance audits as a key factor for public funds management.

In the existing Constitution the independence of the NAO is not formulated well enough.

- Establishment of External Audit Committees in the public sector organizations in order to strengthen the independence of the internal audit function.

These Audit Committees can provide external assurance as to the quality and the independence of the internal control activities.

With more and more women losing out on the labour market, this independence seems difficult to realise.

Open Society Institute, Television Across Europe, More Channels, Less Independence, 2008.

Will that affect your independence and your actions at the ECB?

With its new prerogatives, it is important that the Commission in full independence uses the new tools at its disposal decisively.

The degree of independence of such a European Credit Rating Agency will therefore be questioned.

In particular, in your view does it turn the ECB to a de facto fiscal player and thus possibly endanger its independence?

The ECB assesses the situation and takes decisions where needed in full independence.

The independence of central banks has established itself over the past few decades as an important element of the monetary policy regimes.

The decision to grant monetary policy and hence central banks independence is firmly grounded in economic theory and empirical evidence.

Accountability is therefore an important counterpart of central bank independence.

- Institutional independence

- Operational independence

- Political independence.