Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-03-14-Speech-3-124"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010314.3.3-124"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-03-14-Speech-3-1252
lpv:speaker	lp:Gary Titley2
lpv:spoken text	"I congratulate my Socialist colleague Mr Bosch for his report which pushes for stronger measures to step up the fight against fraud and makes the zero tolerance principle a reality. We have come a long way since the fraud and mismanagement report of the Commission which led to its resignation in 1999, but there is still much work to do. Not least there is the problem of trafficking in adulterated butter using vegetable and animal fats and even chemical substances, leading to an estimated loss to the EU budget of some EUR 45 million. There is also the highly irregular matter of the flax case and EU subsidies for flax growing in certain Member States. I welcome the fact that many Member States have joined the action brought by the Commission in the case against the big American tobacco companies before the European Court of Justice. Today is UK Non-Smoking Day, and it seems apt to support this case which is intended to combat large-scale tobacco smuggling which causes revenue losses of several billion euros every year to the EU and Member States' budgets. Madam President, we must tackle the root causes of maladministration and fraud. Commissioner Kinnock is leading the way, at the forefront of these reforms in the Commission. I am sure that Neil Kinnock is precisely the right person to help restore public confidence in the EU institutions and their actions. We in the European Parliament should support him in his role. How anyone can endorse or allow fraud is beyond me. All of us, the EU institutions and the Member States themselves have an important role to play in ensuring that our citizens regain confidence in the European Union."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Titley (PSE ),"1 "in writing"1

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