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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2002 budget2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011023.7.2-180"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-23-Speech-2-1812
lpv:speaker	lp:Gianfranco Dell'alba2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2000-11-16--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; NA (2001-10-03--2004-07-19)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) (1999-10-05--2002-01-14)3 member; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur as well as the rapporteur for the other institutions. I think that they have both done an excellent job. They presented a proposal to the House that is, on the whole, acceptable and which, in any case, the radical Members will support. I would also like to highlight the participation of the President-in-Office of the Council in the overall debate, to thank him for taking part and who demonstrates a willingness for dialogue. I hope that his participation will bear fruit at second reading and even that, looking beyond the budget, it will have a positive effect on other very important budgetary issues, particularly the financial regulation. I would simply like to make two comments on the rapporteur’s overall strategy. The first comment concerns the RAL. I fully support the strategy used to attempt to reduce their levels, which are becoming rather unmanageable, and to send a clear message to the Commission for its help in trying to do this. I ask myself, and I ask the rapporteur, the following question: how do you know it is right to apply this strategy to a very specific situation, that of Afghanistan? The RAL are obviously related to the issue of providing aid to refugees, of providing humanitarian aid. I therefore wonder whether or not this could be the time, perhaps – and I put this to the rapporteur, although I understand that it may be difficult at this late stage – to put money – and, in doing so, send out a political message – in the reserve for Afghan refugees. Of course, this should be part of an overall strategy, which is perfectly justified, but I wonder whether or not, for this specific message, we could possibly change the strategy, in any case, at second reading. My second comment concerns the reform of the Commission. I strongly deny what James Elles said. Furthermore, I believe that yesterday’s Bureau meeting and the Conference of Presidents unanimously supported the proposals from the parliamentary group responsible for this dossier. I reiterate that this group suggested – or indicated in any case – to the Commission, and in particular to the Vice-President charged with reform, that the path that the Commission recommended was not the correct path and was not the path that Parliament advised. Furthermore, given the misunderstandings regarding the number of non-assigned posts, I even question whether the previous system, with one commissioner responsible for both budget and staff, was not the best approach, insofar as the overall picture can be seen. I therefore reiterate that Parliament supports the proposal that runs counter to the proposal outlined by the Vice-President, Mr Kinnock."@en1

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