Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-01-Speech-3-120"

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dcterms:Date	"1999-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Turkey2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.19991201.10.3-120"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-01-Speech-3-1212
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne E. Jensen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Venstre (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"On behalf of the Committee on Budgets, I want to recommend the Morillon reports. The Committee on Budgets’ amendments have been integrated into the reports, and one could wish for nothing better. In the Commission’s proposals concerning resources for promoting economic and social development in Turkey and for extending the Customs Union between the European Community and Turkey, it is proposed that the period 2000-2002 should be covered, because the year is now so far advanced that it is too late to establish new budget headings for this purpose in 1999. The Committee on Budgets also wishes reference to be made to the interinstitutional agreement of 6 May of this year and for it to be stated that the recommended amounts for the period 2000-2002 should constitute a portion of the multiannual financial framework for the MEDA programme so that it is apparent that we are not concerned here with a new expenditure item. Ever since the European Council confirmed in December 1997 that Turkey could apply for membership of the EU, efforts have been made to create the opportunity to provide financial aid with a view to promoting economic cooperation and bringing Turkey closer to the EU. This, then, is the background to these proposals, on the one hand, for a three-year subsidy of EUR 15 million when a start is made on implementing the Community’s regulations and developing the Customs Union between the EC and Turkey and, on the other hand, for the subsidy of EUR 135 million for developing the economically backward regions of Turkey. These resources therefore have nothing to do with the special subsidy, proposed in the budget for the year 2000, for reconstruction and aid in connection with the earthquakes in Turkey. In 1998 and 1999, Turkey was allocated grants under the MEDA programme, the European Parliament’s having approved the Commission’s programmes following participation in an interinstitutional working party. The Committee on Budgets also decided that this working party should be maintained during the reading of the Budget for the year 2000. I have just one technical remark on Amendment No 15 in the report concerning economic cooperation where it is stated that the Council (with a qualified majority) or the European Parliament can decide to suspend the partnership. We are talking here about joint decision making, so the Council cannot decide without Parliament’s being heard. This is just by way of clarifying the interpretation of this proposal. Finally, I should say that, this year, the policy-making process has been delayed by the parliamentary election and by the special circumstances in connection with the Commission’s departure. It is good that a resolution can now be adopted to press ahead with the financial aid in accordance with the political conditions linked to the grants."@en1

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