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"en.20080422.46.2-227"2
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"The 30 or so reports voted on today concerning the discharge of the management of Community finances by the various EU institutions and agencies show that there is budgetary control. It also shows that it is precisely this control that helps highlight the failings, waste and abuses in the management of structural funds and external aid, or at least some of them. However, these reports also show that in spite of everything, Parliament has chosen to approve the management of European finances.
This is not a critical exercise; it is a political show of support for the Brussels machine of which it is part. Admittedly, it is concerned by the shortcomings highlighted by the audit report on the parliamentary assistants’ allowance. It is also significant to note that the transparency which Parliament is so quick to demand from everyone else – the Council, Commission, Member States and agencies – clearly does not apply to it. This report, which could seriously undermine the reputation of this house, is not available to the public, and not even to all MEPs. Taking corrective measures after the event is not enough to dismiss these serious charges, and keeping them secret will not make them disappear."@en1
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