Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-24-Speech-2-237"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2001 budget procedure (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001024.7.2-237"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-24-Speech-2-2382
lpv:speaker	lp:Nigel Farage2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, in the Haug report the sentiment is expressed that the Commission, in close cooperation with Parliament, is responsible for providing information to the European citizen about the policies of the European Union. But Parliament has another responsibility: it is to represent the concerns of the citizens of Member States to the European Union, something which appears to be discouraged here. It will be not unknown to some Members here that my party, the UKIP, seeks the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. What Members will not be aware of, though, is that according to recent opinion polls, that is now the majority view of United Kingdom subjects. As an MEP who cares about that majority, how can I endorse the spending of GBP 11.5 billion of UK taxpayers’ money – that is our current annual contribution – when it does not have broad public approval? In the UK at least, the Commission is synonymous with fraud and waste. The Court of Auditors has refused to sign off the accounts for five years running, and OLAF has indicated that financial controls have not yet significantly improved, and that the Commission reforms are stalled. Therefore, what assurances are there that controls are now going to be in place to make sure that Member States taxpayers’ money is well spent? What assurance can the Commission give, when the Court of Auditors comes to look at the expenditure for 2001, that this budgetary allocation will have been spent wisely and correctly? When other Members are also expressing their concerns about the way monies are to be spent – for example the Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left has just decided unanimously to lodge a motion to reject this budget – can anyone at all give me a reason why I should change my mind and give my vote to this budget?"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ECON (2000-02-02--2002-01-14)3 member; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-12-10)3 unknown; UK Independence Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Farage (EDD )."1

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