Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-12-Speech-2-036"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2003 budget guidelines2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020312.3.2-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-03-12-Speech-2-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Franz Turchi2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; UEN (1999-07-22--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; BUDG (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by congratulating the rapporteurs, Mr Färm and Mr Stenmarck, on their work thus far. I feel that before us are two sound documents which identify precisely what the budgetary priorities should be for the coming financial year. Five political priorities have been identified: enlargement and preparation for enlargement, external assistance, internal security, reform of the institutions and reform of the Commission. I feel that we can all agree on these points, particularly in view of the imperative need to provide the Union with adequate financial instruments for it to be able to see its priorities through. In fact, to be honest, the growing battle against the Council and the Commission itself is not over which actions we should concentrate more on, namely combating terrorism and the reform of the institutions – which are indisputable priorities; the problem arises when Parliament and the Council have different views on how these actions should be financed, when the Council refuses even to contemplate revising the financial perspective, when we continue to treat the flexibility instrument as an instrument whose use can be planned from year to year. Clearly, there is something wrong! In my opinion, this is the principal battle that Parliament will have to fight in the coming months, a battle in which we will have to succeed in presenting a united, fighting front. Then at horizontal level – to use a technical term – three particular needs have been identified: the need for further budgetary monitoring at technical and political level, for example by means of budgetary hearings; the need for the Commission to improve its spending capacity and, consequently, implementation considerably, in an attempt to prevent the creation of new RALs at source; lastly – what the rapporteur wanted to point out to the Commission and the Council – the fact that they are bound to consult the European Parliament on all initiatives with significant budgetary impact, particularly in the context of non-compulsory expenditure. On all three matters, I feel that the rapporteurs should be able to count on the support of us all."@en1

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