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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	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080422.4.2-056"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-22-Speech-2-0572
lpv:speaker	lp:Antonio De Blasio2
lpv:spokenAs	member; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; REGI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2006-07-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2006-08-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-02-13--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség (2006-07-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2006-09-04--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Thank you, Mr President. Ladies and gentlemen, in 2006 the European Union devoted 39% of its budget, EUR 38.9 billion in all, to structural spending. The annual European Court of Auditors report established that the European Commission had taken numerous steps concerning the use of structural and cohesion funds as part of its far-reaching supervision. While financial absorption has manifestly improved, the report draws attention to the fact that in 2006 at least 12% of allocations to structural projects could not be recovered. This represents around EUR 4 billion, and there were performance errors with 20% of the projects. For years there have been numerous problems with the multi-layer management of the Structural Funds and their shared management. A cause of the relatively high proportion of the irregularities discovered and incorrect reimbursements is, primarily, the poor efficiency of the Member State control systems and the supervisory systems based on them. The greatest problem I see is that there is no unified evaluation model used by everyone, no yardstick or benchmarking system, and there is no effective way of measuring the projects. Although the Structural Funds are an extremely important source that can be allocated for mutual development, we can only attain a reduction in the number of abuses of the common purse if the Member States and the European Commission act jointly and in harmony to cut back on the illegal use of money. The efficiency of the Member States’ supervisory systems also needs to be improved and standardised. Moreover, it is essential that the Commission makes its supervision of structural spending more effective, setting up suspension and adjustment procedures and developing a new Member State reporting system, bearing in mind that there are problems with 40% of the Commission audits. Given all this, our delegation proposes a discharge. Thank you for your attention."@en1

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