It is though, very doubtful that those Member States with federal structures will be happy to be told, as is proposed in the report, that they must change the way their competences are allocated as regards the monitoring of European funds, as this is often enshrined in their constitutions. This really does raise some very serious issues.
La question se pose sérieusement quant à savoir si les États membres à structure fédérale accepteront de se voir imposer ce qui est proposé dans le rapport, c’est-à-dire modifier la répartition des compétences en matière de contrôles relatifs aux fonds européens, dès lors que ces dispositions sont souvent ancrées dans leurs constitutions respectives.