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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:General debate on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 20032
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020924.10.2-198"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-24-Speech-2-1992
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 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-09-18--2004-04-30)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	"Mr President, when we talk about next year's budget, we should not overlook the fact that the budget's implementation, both now and in the past, has displayed worrying features. Quite apart from improper tasks, it appears that the Commission is hardly able to handle real Community policy. Just think of the gigantic discrepancies between commitments and payments. In the area of external actions, we come across quite a few unprofitable proposals that have sprung up from the Commission's inflated ego. This is true, for example, of the EU's position between Israel and the Palestinians. The capital that flows to the Palestinian Authorities largely ends up in unknown pockets. We will therefore endorse the PPE-DE's amendment to place at least a proportion of this capital in reserve, as long as the Palestinian Authority lacks an efficient control system. There are some who want to place the budget for the Sixth Framework Programme in reserve too. The report by the committee on human genetics foundered last year due to the great division in this Parliament concerning an ethical framework for biomedical developments. This is why I consider it utterly despicable that a number of fellow MEPs from the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy should put pressure on the Council to break through ethical boundaries. This is about research into embryonic stem cells no less, which affects human life in its earliest form. Fortunately, a number of Member States are enforcing the ban on the use of human embryos for research. It would create a bizarre situation if we were to finance this kind of research from the Sixth Framework Programme. Research that is punishable in one Member State would then receive funding from the European Union in another. I truly hope that the Council does not get blackmailed, but shows respect for human life in its earliest form. The aforementioned fellow MEPs who have negotiated with the Council on behalf of Parliament in this manner have gone beyond the boundaries of political decency."@en1

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