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"The Members of the
within the European Parliament are staunch in their condemnation of corruption be it corruption of elected representatives, officials or members of governments. They also condemn fraud or the misappropriation of public monies, the money stolen from European taxpayers. It is a matter that we know something about, we French, who have to contend daily with the repercussions of the cases involving
the Paris Mayor’s office, Elf or Gifco. This list is, alas, far from complete.
They will, however, be voting against the Napolitano report. Because they are sick to death of the self-flagellation that this Parliament indulges in, alternating with lessons in morality and a haughtiness that is just as hard to bear. Because they think that OLAF is an excuse to recruit yet another team of officials, costing more than the cost of the fraud itself.
Because, above all, they consider that there already is a structure capable of taking on the role which OLAF is expected to fulfil. The solution, obviously, is to give the Court of Auditors jurisdictional power and adequate human and material resources to take on this role. This is the case of many national audit authorities, not only in France, but in other Member States.
It is true that the Court of Auditors does not get a good press in this House since the President refused it a press conference room, even though he happily gives one to the most eccentric associations, to individuals whose representative nature is highly dubious, or to any old watchdog in favour of the philosophy of the Single Europe on condition that he barks loud enough. In this matter, as in many others, Parliament has made itself look foolish."@en1
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