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I welcome the good results obtained in 2003, the first financial year for which the Directors-General have drawn up annual activity reports. The Secretary-General subsequently forwarded them to the President and to the Committee on Budgetary Control, with a declaration offering reasonable assurance that Parliament’s budget was implemented in accordance with the principles of sound financial management, and as to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. A high level of budgetary implementation was also achieved.
I regret the fact that this report has been seen as an opportunity for further attacks on Strasbourg as a seat of Parliament. It is true that having two seats generates high and unnecessary costs, as well as great inconvenience. Opting for Brussels, however, is not the only way forward and would be a divisive and short-sighted move. Alternatively, we could hold every sitting in Strasbourg, which, as much as anything, would strengthen Parliament’s day-to-day practical and functional independence from the Council, the Commission and their bureaucracies. This, to my mind, is the right response to the situation. It is only if we take such a decision – a permanent seat in Strasbourg and an end to the moveable feast – that the French authorities and the local authorities in Strasbourg will make the necessary investment and will justify lasting modifications to the transport system."@en1
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