Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-03-13-Speech-2-202"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Fight against fraud2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010313.14.2-202"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-03-13-Speech-2-2032
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (2000-05-03--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, the Committee on Budgetary Control is presently debating the granting of a discharge to the Commission for 1999. It is a difficult matter. The EC Court of Auditors has not seen fit to recommend it. Parliament will be taking on a huge political responsibility if it grants discharge; before it does so it must have guarantees that fraud will be prevented and its perpetrators discovered. There is some unfinished business which speaks against granting a discharge. The Commission knows what it is. The Committee on Budgetary Control has expressed in detail what it sees as matters of confusion to the Commission. The most important matter is the Fléchard case, whose political roots extend back to the early 1990s. Any examination of the case must stretch all the way from the Delors cabinet up until Mr Prodi’s Commission. There are fake export documents, there is fake butter, minutes of meetings have been lost, payments were ordered but the debts were waived, and cooperation was continued with those who were guilty of fraud. There are still some matters that are being hushed up. This will not do. Mr Bösch is right. This is the moment of truth for Mr Prodi’s Commission."@en1

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