Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-09-Speech-3-334"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2009 budget guidelines - (sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII et IX) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080409.30.3-334"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-09-Speech-3-3352
lpv:speaker	lp:Gérard Onesta2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2007-03-27--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2007-03-29--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, 2009 is the year of new things, and therefore of uncertainties and dangers. It will require all the talent of our rapporteur, the former chairman of the Committee on Budgets, to meet this challenge. A new Treaty that is going to double the scope of Parliament’s codecision. Imagine the effort that will be needed for this, particularly in budgetary terms. A new Statute for Members. Totally unknown at present: which countries are going to allow their future elected representatives to fall into this new system, and which elected representatives are going to want to do so? An election campaign, a new code of practice, particularly for assistants. I have been asking the Bureau for this for nearly ten years and I am delighted to see that this dossier is finally ready. It is quite simple though, since we are all aware of the package that will not cost taxpayers a penny: putting assistants on a Community footing, for those working in Brussels, and those who pay them directly under Parliament’s control, for those working in the constituencies. There should be a constant budget for this because honesty does not cost a penny, just a little political effort. I am also passionately in favour of new working methods, particularly on buildings issues, because like many of my fellow Members, I am always surprised after a call for tenders at how astonishingly high construction costs are when it comes to building work by the European institutions. If we really want to make savings, perhaps it is not necessary to translate everything I have just said into Maltese, Latvian and Hungarian, because in eight months’ time it will not be read by anybody and that would save EUR 17 million per year."@en1

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