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"Mr President, what can I say in two minutes?
Well, first of all and very simply, I shall say goodbye and thank you to President Karlsson.
I shall say goodbye, now that you are leaving us, after giving many years of loyal service, and thank you for the excellent cooperation that you developed with this House and for the quality of this report, which now seems like an impressive aircraft carrier, surrounded by a squadron of special reports.
I shall make three brief comments, as I have very little time. First of all, I believe that you are right to emphasise that the major problem with the 2000 budget is the massive under-implementation of a number of funds. Admittedly, Mrs Schreyer is right to say that there are sometimes good reasons for this under-implementation, but generally the budgetary authority feels a sense of frustration and is aware that there are problems related to this under-implementation. I shall give four examples. The first is the overly complex regulations, the difficulties in managing the project cycle, the poor interaction in execution and control between the Commission and the Member States, and, lastly, the often pernickety control which has the effect of taking away responsibility. These are the areas we will be focusing on in the discharge.
I have one comment to make on the DAS. I am pleased to see that the Court of Auditors is keeping a good distance and we must do the same thing with the error rate. The overall error rate is merely the scientifically dubious aggregation of spot checks, which, whilst interesting, are random. I do not want everything to hinge on the error rate, which will determine everything. The Court of Auditors is reassessing this issue. Parliament must monitor and support this.
My third and final comment relates to the management of surpluses. In my view, it is a shame that surpluses are systematically reimbursed to Member States. In fact, economically speaking, this management strategy has a pro-cyclical effect, which is absurd. We support growth when it is strong, and then, since there is a lack of money, we penalise growth when it is weak. We should consider other forms of multi-annual regulation from a statutory point of view."@en1
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