Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-26-Speech-3-206"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Discharges for the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060426.15.3-206"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-26-Speech-3-2082
lpv:speaker	lp:Alyn Smith2
lpv:spoken text	"I have serious concerns about the European budgetary procedures and no confidence in this system, but equally no evidence of wrongdoing or mishandling in the majority of cases. The only way to go on this is ‘Not Proven’. We need real improvement in the transparency of these accounts and in the way the EU administers funding. Only when we have a truly transparent system in all EU institutions and over all EU funds can we have full confidence in these accounts. Large amounts of European monies are actually spent and accounted for by Member States, local authorities and external organisations, not the European Institutions – it is this that has left auditors unable to prove that the budget is correct, but equally unable to prove it is not. This is not the same as finding evidence of wrongdoing, and the anti-Europeans do the citizens of Europe no favours by pretending that it is. There is much in the EU that needs reformed, but it is not all bad."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Scottish National Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Alyn Smith (Verts/ALE ). –"1

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