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"I address you today as a delegate from a country, which, owing to its historic experience, is unequivocally committed to the project of a joint Europe. After the Second World War, Churchill, when talking about Eastern Europe, made the comment on the Eastern European countries – exactly those who have just rejoined Europe – that they had been swallowed by The Soviet Union and after the meal comes the digestion period. Let me reconsider this thought of digestion, namely the so-called pre-accession funds, that allow these states to participate in European processes as soon and as efficiently as possible. Let me point out that the Court of Auditors’ report is very sincere regarding pre-accession funds. Its examination method is clear, and therefore indicative of the future as well, as it can be used to examine the same funds in later years. Its observations are correct, and as my colleague, Mr Bösch said, the pre-accession funds provided very little if any help at all to the ten new Member States. For example, three years after the establishment of the Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development, 14.8% of the funds had been allocated. The report also observed that the authorities of the candidate countries overcomplicated conditions for these funds. In conclusion, the Court of Auditors are helping political decision-making and the feedback process with its report."@en1

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