Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-18-Speech-2-035"
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"Mr President, I should like to thank Mr Prodi most sincerely for appearing before the Committee on Budgetary Control. I should also like to thank him for addressing the House today and giving such a clear account of concerns for the future.
We strongly agree that it is necessary to work for the future and to improve on what has not been done well so far. We are therefore glad to hear talk of reforming the reform, if I may put it like that. In other words, despite reforms or attempts at reform some things have not gone well. Further reform is needed. We were also glad to hear Mr Prodi speak of increased transparency in the future.
Nonetheless, Mr Prodi, Members of the House also like to discuss what has taken place during these four years and what has not worked well. Parliament’s critical approach is aimed in fact at improving things in the future. We hope it will be possible to avoid repeating some of the difficulties we are currently confronted with.
This is why we could have welcomed more detailed responses from you on certain issues, Mr Prodi. We need to be confident that the problems currently causing us serious concern will not recur in the future. We are concerned because we in Parliament wish to work with the Commission. We want to cooperate to strengthen and improve European institutions still further. What is needed is a strong Parliament alongside a strong Commission, Mr Prodi.
For this reason we in the Committee on Budgetary Control adopt a critical and demanding approach. At the same time, it is of course a positive approach. Mr Prodi, you must be in no doubt that our aim is for the Commission to become better and stronger as we go forward into the future. After all, that is the message we have to deliver when we stand in the European elections. We will be telling the citizens that they must vote in elections to the European Parliament to promote still stronger institutions.
That is the positive message we must convey. We would like to work with the Commission to get it across. Mr Prodi, please bear in mind therefore that our criticism is always positive and is aimed at facilitating solutions acceptable to all."@en1
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