Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-08-Speech-2-027"
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"en.20030408.1.2-027"2
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"Mr President, I do not have enough time to counter the attacks on critics made by Mr Kuhne and Mrs Avilés Perea. Four years after Paul van Buitenen's revelations, which contributed to the resignation of the previous Commission, the use of an unsuitable automated accounting system is still undermining the reliability of the accounts. That system is made up of a variety of non-integrated parts, and is unable to reveal errors or anything illegal. Officials who gain knowledge of these shortcomings and wish to contribute to a quick solution are not rewarded, but instead punished. For years now, solutions have been put off until a later date, and only after 2005 will we know whether anything has really been solved. Member States are not under pressure from the many infringement procedures for non-compliance with rules, because the former have not given rise to many investigations or penalties. A similar state of affairs in a Member State or part of a Member State would probably result in the annual accounts there not being approved. Why should we then approve such a document concerning the Commission before the problems have been solved? In my view, granting the Commission discharge at this stage sends out the wrong signal."@en1
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