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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Discharge procedure: amendment of the Rules of Procedure2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021022.9.2-250"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-22-Speech-2-2512
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Mulder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3 vice-chair; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-02-21--2002-12-17)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I should first of all like to congratulate Mr Martin. I have to say that we made a good team. It is a topic that was extremely complex and difficult to comprehend, but I am pleased that a report is now before us, which we can broadly endorse. The discharge of the Commission and of other bodies since the fall of the Santer Commission has become a special event in European political life. Compared to the years preceding that fall, it is now one of the highlights of the political year. According to the Treaty, it almost seems as if it is a purely administrative procedure, but the Commission, along with every MEP, knows better. It is currently a political event. If no discharge is given at the end of the year, this sends a clear political signal to the Commission, and a debate in this Parliament on the Commission’s political and other functions strikes me as absolutely inevitable. What rules should, in general, apply to a discharge? The procedure should not be too complicated. Each member should be able to understand it. Secondly, in the event of a vote, every member must be able to understand the consequences of this vote. Thirdly, in the year n+2, in other words, two years following the implementation of the budget, a clear political judgment should be given about the functioning of the Commission. The advice given by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs meets these criteria, in my opinion. I welcome the results and we will be voting in favour of them. I also think that the proposed timeframe, namely to grant discharge or postponement in April and to pronounce a final verdict in October, is the correct one."@en1

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