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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Reform of the Commission2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001129.9.3-150"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-29-Speech-3-1512
lpv:speaker	lp:Kyösti Virrankoski2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, firstly, I would like to thank the four rapporteurs for their excellent work. Improving EU administration is one of most important reforms of this parliamentary term. The main objective of the reform of the Commission must be a reduction in bureaucracy, increased efficiency and an end to financial confusion. This means simplifying ways of working, devolving power downwards, and a better definition of the power of decision. The key to reform is to increase and emphasise the importance of personal responsibility. People in positions of responsibility within the institutions must bear both the legal and financial responsibility for their decisions. Emphasising the importance of personal responsibility requires, among other things, the swift reform of Staff Regulations. The reform will require activity-based budgeting. The managers of units and institutions must be given a certain amount of leeway in administration. Attention should be mainly focused on results, rather than working practice. Only then can the resources that are available be allocated most effectively. An institution and its directors must have clear scope for the best possible administrative practices. Bearing responsibility will mean ending the advance monitoring of financing. If there is more than one decision-maker, nobody clearly bears the responsibility. Administrative reform is particularly necessary to improve financial transactions in the European Union. The same practice needs to be followed in the payment of EU bills as in the outside world. The current three-month term is too long, let alone the fact that many payments are delayed for more than a year. That is a shameful state of affairs when we consider that the EU itself is a champion of modernised business practice. My group firmly supports administrative reform."@en1

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