141Taking into consideration the offences the applicant is alleged to have committed, an account thereof being provided in the letter of 30 October 2014, it must be observed that the prosecution of economic crimes, such as misappropriation of public funds, is an important means of combating corruption, and that the fight against corruption constitutes, in the context of the external action of the European Union, a principle that is within the scope of the rule of law (see paragraph 98 above).