Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-02-28-Speech-3-034"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-02-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Commission reform: human resources2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010228.4.3-034"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-02-28-Speech-3-0352
lpv:speaker	lp:Hanja Maij-weggen2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2003-09-30)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I thank the Commission for what it has told us. I must confess that this debate strikes me as rather odd, since the impression is surely being created that our European officials, however competent they may be and however hard they work, constitute a rather pathetic category that needs support on a number of levels. I am very well acquainted with the working conditions and salaries of European officials: they earn, certainly in the higher echelons, more than a minister, or even a prime minister in the national Member States, so let us not exaggerate. My question is the following: I heard Commissioner Kinnock say that European officials enjoy a number of facilities that are no longer appropriate to the present time. I assume that he is alluding to the opportunity to acquire items like cars and drink tax-free. Can you say exactly what facilities are being abolished because you no longer consider them appropriate to the present time? In addition you also said that you wish to introduce salary improvements. Can you tell us exactly what salary improvements you have in mind? The point is that, in my view, there is no longer much room for improvement in this area."@en1

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