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As I have advocated on many occasions, the terms of the regulation and implementation of EU legislation (and operating rules of EU institutions) need to be as clearly worded as possible. If this is achieved, those operating in the sectors subject to this discipline will be afforded greater protection and so too will the citizens. We speak a great deal about bringing Europe ‘closer to the citizens’, whereas in reality it remains distant from them. The most effective contribution we can make towards bridging this gap is to simplify the rules and make them easier to understand. This would also guarantee the appropriateness and proportionality of community-level actions, while, of course, adhering to the principle of subsidiarity.
I congratulate the rapporteur on her work, which, among other things, emphasises the importance of reviewing the legality of the European ‘executive’ agencies, those with certain responsibilities for managing Community programmes. I support in particular the requirement that these agencies must comply with the principle of transparency and with rules governing access to their documents.
Lastly, I welcome the suggestion of a hearing of those nominated to head the agencies before the competent parliamentary committee and the idea that, on the committee’s recommendation, Parliament should deliver an opinion on the proposed candidate. This role of ‘ex-ante’ political scrutiny played by Parliament would be the natural complement to the ‘ex-post’ political scrutiny, in the form of the discharge for the implementation of the budget."@en1
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