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"Mr President, I am happy to take the floor in the debate on this report and I congratulate Mrs Theato.
I believe that this is a report for which cooperation between committees has worked very well, and the result, which we have received today, is moderate and thoughtful in a very delicate area. This moderation and thoughtfulness is particularly necessary in the implementation of Article 280(4). If we had to give a prize for the article which was most difficult to understand, least clear and most confused – however you like to put it – the competition would be very hard fought. The Treaty is a collection of complex articles. However, this one would undoubtedly be one of the firm favourites to win such a prize.
At the same time, it is an especially delicate issue because it deals with the protection of the Community’s financial interests, as Mrs Theato has explained very well. We are all aware – and this Parliament has been the steadfast champion in this respect – of the need to protect the financial interests of the Community. But be careful. As the French say, "
[let us not throw the baby out with the bath water], that is to say, in the protection of the Community’s financial interests, we must respect, on the one hand – as Mrs Theato has said – the competences of the Member States, but also other matters which affect the citizens, which affect the essential guarantees. The conclusions of the Theato report safeguard them perfectly.
Therefore, in my capacity as president of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, and, of course, as an MEP, I hope that a large majority of this House will support this report and that it will be well implemented by the Commission."@en1
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"ne jettons pas le bébé avec l'eau du bain""1
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