Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-22-Speech-2-038"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2006 discharge (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080422.4.2-038"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-22-Speech-2-0392
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Mulder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Quaestors (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I would like to begin by thanking all the rapporteurs who have contributed to this discharge procedure. I would like to use the two minutes available to me to discuss the Commission’s discharge report drawn up by Mr Jørgensen. The Court of Auditors published its report last November and that report was considerably better than in previous years, owing to the fact that this time, the report cited percentages. This should be continued in future reports. When the report was published, it was almost as if the Commission had triumphed. The report had never been so good. The Court of Auditors approved 44% of the Commission’s expenditure. I must say that I did not feel this was the time to sit back contently and say: ‘This is the best we have ever done’. No, we can do much better. What is striking is that the Commission actually disregarded Parliament’s recommendations in previous discharge resolutions. What has been significant for Parliament over the past three years? The national declarations. What does the Commission say? We will not respect the national declarations. This is too much. Furthermore, this is included in the financial perspective, in an interinstitutional agreement. Fortunately, the Commission has retraced its footsteps and this will now take place. There is a second issue, however. The Commissioners cannot countersign the declarations of the Directors-General. It puzzles me why that is so. We can receive the Commissioners in the Committee on Budgetary Control, as offered by the Commission, and regularly hear their views with regard to how much progress has been made, yet the Commissioners are not permitted to sign anything with Parliament. How can this be explained from a legal perspective? I can only say, Mr President, that we hope that next year will be even better. The Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe will adopt a constructive attitude in all of this, as it has in the past."@en1

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