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"I voted in favour of the Bösch report on the protection of the financial interests of the Communities because it makes a useful contribution to the fight against fraud at European level.
The report also shows that there is still a lot to do. In 1999, the Commission came into office promising a policy of zero tolerance as regards fraud and corruption, but today it is bequeathing to its successors half-suppressed scandals (Eurostat) and ‘an unprecedented welter of sometimes contradictory rules and newly established units and bodies, making turf wars and mutual buck-passing inevitable’ (paragraph 2).
This is why I added my name to the proposed motion of censure on this matter which will, I hope, be put to the vote at the next part-session.
Moreover, the Bösch report points out the extraordinarily high number of live cattle exported in 2002 to Lebanon (121 027 tonnes) that benefited from financial export refunds. Of course, all that smacks of fraud. This is an opportunity to draw attention to the fact that export refunds have helped cause unfair criticism to be heaped onto the entire common agricultural policy, and that this rotten branch really should be cut off to save the rest."@en1
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