Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-03-14-Speech-2-389"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060314.30.2-389"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-03-14-Speech-2-3902
lpv:speaker	lp:Simon Busuttil2
lpv:spoken text	". – Mr President, I congratulate the rapporteur on her splendid and bold work. This report sends a clear and strong message to citizens that the European Parliament wants them to have easier access to EU funding. A lot of importance is given to the debate on the Financial Perspective, which is about how much money will be in the EU budget. That is fine, but we should not neglect the equally important issue of how that money should be spent and how we can make it easier for citizens to benefit from it. What is the use of speaking of large sums of EU money when people on the ground are feeling increasingly frustrated about excessive bureaucracy in accessing funding, long and incomprehensible applications and officials who do little or nothing to explain them? No wonder many people simply give up before even trying. That is wrong and we should change it. We should change it by reforming the Financial Regulation and making sure we make things easier and more accessible. That is what the rapporteur's report does: it introduces several measures to make access to funding easier and, in that sense, it turns virtual EU money that one may get into real EU money that one can actually access. That is good news for citizens, but it is also good news for NGOs and small businesses. I therefore call upon the Commission to be our ally in this reform. Our message is clear: if we truly want to reconnect to the people, we should make things simpler."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-20--2007-03-13)3,3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3,3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 member; CONT (2005-02-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 unknown; Partit Nazzjonalista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Simon Busuttil,"1 "on behalf of the PPE-DE Group"1

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