Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-01-18-Speech-2-300"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Response to Second Report of Committee of Independent Experts2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000118.10.2-300"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-18-Speech-2-3012
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 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in the van Hulten report, Parliament underlines the harsh necessity for a thorough reform of financial administration. Expenditure must be monitored much more closely, both within the Commission and the Member States. For this purpose, the European Court of Auditors and national courts of auditors must work together more effectively. There is also the need to set up a scheme for so-called whistle-blowers. We fully support all these recommendations. I would like to make some observations, however. One of the conclusions drawn by the Committee of Wise Men is that the current legal framework for fighting fraud at the expense of the European Union is incoherent and incomplete. How should we deal with this? Not by depriving the Member States of judicial powers and transferring these to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. This kind of procedure presupposes the existence of European criminal law and there is no such thing. Moreover, this goes to the very heart of the Member States’ sovereignty. We should therefore look to solve this problem by means of improved cooperation between the Member States at judicial level. It could be coordinated by a kind of European Public Prosecutor who is not involved in prosecution but passes criminal offences on to the national legal authorities. The Committee of Wise Men’s report also has some necessary points to make to the Council and Parliament. For example, the Council should attach far more importance to the Commission’s discharge procedure. Also, Parliament should take up the gauntlet. It is high time that regulations were drawn up for Members and that travel expenses are reimbursed based on actual expenses. The question arises as to whether Parliament is in fact prepared to find a way out of this impasse. This week, the Rothley opinion was discussed within the Legal Affairs Committee and there was nothing to indicate any such willingness."@en1

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