Klaus-Heiner Lehne/ECA

The nomination of MEP Klaus-Heiner Lehne (EPP) as the German member of the EU Court of Auditors (ECA) was endorsed by the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) on 23 January. If Parliament confirms his nomination at its 3-6 February session, Lehne will take up his new duties in the Luxembourg-based court after the Council seals the appointment. A lawyer by profession, he has been a member of the European Parliament since 1994, chairing the Committee on Legal Affairs…