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"Mr President, the new Commission should be judged on whether it has the courage and the will to implement reforms and put the legacy of the past in order. Our granting discharge for 1998 is, in reality, a vote of confidence. We are giving the Commission a chance to prove that it is different from the old Commission. I would also take the opportunity to call for a cessation of hostilities here in Parliament. Let us unite all the forces that are in favour of the Commission’s developing into a modern, open and effective institution. The European project can only succeed if we show zero tolerance for fraud, nepotism and corruption. Otherwise, we shall never get the people on our side. Let us cut across party lines and national allegiances. Constructive criticism of the Commission must not go unheard due to Parliament’s internal bickering. There are more and more people who think that we should simply forget the past and concentrate on changing the general way in which things are done, but I disagree with that view. We need to clean up the legacy of the past, or matters will never improve. I do not think we have received enough in the way of admissions from the Commission when it comes to the events of the past. This applies both to the Fléchard and ECHO cases, and I can assure the Commission that these matters have not been buried away, just because we are now giving discharge for 1998. We shall not forget them until they have been resolved in a proper and dignified manner. I am, on the other hand, very satisfied with the new initiatives the Commission has taken to clean up the area of development aid, but these have also been overdue. Both Mr Patten and Mr Nielson have been very critical of the way in which development aid has been administered. Mr Patten has said it is embarrassing for the EU and the Commission and called it the worst way of providing development aid. For Mr Nielson, it was enough to call it a ‘a pizza service without delivery’. I am also very pleased that Mr Nielson has instituted an investigation into the extent to which the delegations are fulfilling their responsibilities in the high-risk countries. He has also promised that disciplinary action will be taken if they are not in fact fulfilling these, and I am very pleased about that development, but do not imagine that we shall forget you. Finally, I wish to say that I think it was a shameless attack which Mr Dell'Alba made on Mrs Stauner."@en1
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