Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-22-Speech-2-136"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2003 budgetary procedure2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021022.6.2-136"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-22-Speech-2-1372
lpv:speaker	lp:Gianni Pittella2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, our wonderful rapporteurs, one of the issues which comes up time and time again in debates on the budget is the proper administration of expenditure. That was the case and continues to be so where other areas as well as the Structural Funds are concerned. We have received many comments on this issue, almost all of them expressive of indignation but hardly any of them proactive. However, a number of solutions have been put forward this, as in past years, including the placing of funds on reserve, and we heard this proposal reiterated just a few minutes ago. I believe that this particular medicine would do more harm than the illness, and so I feel that the right direction to take would be that of simplification. It has already been said that Commissioner Barnier has set a major project in motion in this field and involved Parliament. Proposals have been developed which, if implemented without delay, will make it possible to limit the loss of Structural Funds appropriations by Objective 1 regions. However, that is not enough: we need to streamline the all too numerous bureaucratic elements and the endless succession of requests for documentation and controls, and we need a consolidation of funds which responds to the current situation through the integration of development measures. This is crucial for enlargement too. A stronger Union does not necessarily mean a more ineffective Union – quite the opposite: the simplicity of the rules and the application of the principle of subsidiarity will make the European budget a flexible political and accounting tool which is free from the burden of the RALs, and, most importantly, it will result in a closer, more intimate relationship between the European Union and the citizens."@en1

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