Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-07-02-Speech-2-022"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Budgets 2002 and 20032
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020702.1.2-022"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-07-02-Speech-2-0232
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (2002-01-17--2003-01-28)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"The tenor of the Färm report is more and still more money for the EU’s policies. Even if the EU were the right body to take over an ever-increasing number of tasks from the national governments (which it is not!), the implementation of the Budget belies this increase in funds. As a result of a stagnating implementation of Community policy, the monies claimed back by the Member States in 2001 amounted to no less than EUR 15 billion on balance. Surely, this discovery should set off alarm bells. As paragraph 26 of the Podestà report states, payments lag behind outstanding commitments by such a margin that the total payments yet to be made exceed the European Union’s total annual budget. Should we not conclude in all honesty that the Commission apparatchiks are unable to manage effectively all these commitments, with which the budgetary authority has saddled the Commission over the past few years? Surely the budget is simply too generous? Mrs Buitenweg's conspiracy theory fails to convince me. I would therefore call for the appropriations to be brought in line with the Commission’s implementing capacity and only for effective programmes. The EU should confine its remit to those areas of policy where European action clearly has added value. Finally, I should like to highlight paragraph 14 in the Podestà report: by 1 September, we want precise information concerning the use that both partners in the peace process make of funds received from the European Union, what control mechanisms are in operation and what penalties should apply in the event of misuse of those funds."@en1

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