Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-09-13-Speech-1-048"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-09-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Second Report of the Independent Experts2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19990913.5.1-048"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-09-13-Speech-1-0492
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-21--2000-06-12)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, when it comes to financial management, the following holds true: trust is good but control is better. I want to consider the Wise Men’s second report in this light. Their criticisms leave little to be desired in terms of clarity. Control over the European programmes must be greatly improved. The report demonstrates again the importance of control before the event. Control after the event should be the finishing touch. The new Commission should make the improvement of financial management and combating fraud its highest priority, but this would mean making a lot of changes. Up until now, most Commissioners were interested primarily in new policies. The Wise Men refer to it as expansionism in the Delors era. Little attention was given to management of the programmes. There are a number of reasons why we have no use for expansionist tendencies Delors-style. The Union should concentrate on its core tasks and to carrying them out to good effect as well. The Wise Men say the legal framework for tackling fraud is disjointed and incomplete. This must be improved with all speed, as must cooperation with the national control organisations. After all, a good two thirds of the European budget is channelled via the Member States. Is the Commission prepared to step up the controls in the Member States to a considerable extent? 150 control visits per year are currently undertaken in relation to an agricultural budget of EUR 40 billion, which is nowhere near enough. To conclude, this Parliament has stringent requirements as far as the European Commission’s financial management is concerned. Practically all the instruments for tackling fraud originated in the Committee on Budgetary Control. But that means that we must also set high standards for ourselves, on the subject of which, I am attracted by the idea of imposing a kind of interinstitutional Code of Conduct on the committee. Parliament should take up the gauntlet here."@en1

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