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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2005 draft general budget, modified by the Council (all sections)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041214.12.2-186"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-14-Speech-2-1872
lpv:speaker	lp:Mathieu Grosch2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Christlich Soziale Partei (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it may be that the best thing one can do for democracy is to remain objective about things with which one disagrees, and that is what I shall try to do, as the Committee on Transport and Tourism was not in agreement with every aspect of the proposals. There were two that it highlighted: the first had to do with the trans-European networks, where, in a desire to send a signal about enlargement, the commitment appropriations were increased. I see that as a positive sign for, after all, the expenditure must be commensurate with the projects. The second point of disagreement concerned agencies, where the situation is, as we see it, far more difficult, for, whether in relation to safety, or to transport by road, air, sea or rail, there are many areas in which a political agreement has been reached between the Council, Parliament and the Commission. When, though, it comes to allocating the necessary funding, this does not – astonishingly enough – always apply. For that reason, where these agencies are concerned, the question arises in our minds as to whether personnel costs really belong there, because they eat into the operational appropriations, or whether the personnel appropriations ought to go somewhere else. I do not propose to go more closely into the technical details right now. The other point I would make deals with very important areas. Of course we are glad that, in the area of measures to combat marine pollution, which was envisaged and proposed by the Council to be a zero entry, a token entry, there are now some funds available after all, so that we can at least explain to the outside world that we now have not only the political will, but also the means, to intervene in that area. It will be for the future to show whether the EUR 17 million will be enough, after we proposed far in excess of EUR 20 million. The same applies in the case of rail and air transport. There is evidence from these agencies that they cannot do the job properly with the funds allocated to them, and so the warning from the Committee on Transport and Tourism is that we cannot wait for the next disaster before adjusting the resources in line with the facts of the situation."@en1

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