The Italian authorities have set up an ad hoc body for the control of PNR funds. "We have an agreement with Italy on the need to have an effective control system," said a spokesman for the European Commission.
Sabino Cassese, president emeritus of the Constitutional Court, said the government was right to limit the preventive control of the Court of Auditors. "There are aspects of merit on controls and method on the way in which this affair has been carried out that completely agree with the government"