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"Among other possible pertinent considerations on the discharge of this Agency’s budget, one should point out the considerable sums left over at the end of 2006, and what is more, that two amending budgets were approved in that same year, the objective being to increase its budget. After these amending budgets, this Agency’s budget increased to EUR 19.2 million. Yet at the end of 2006, and based on the Agency’s own accounts, it held EUR 14.3 million in cash! Some irregularities regarding staff management were also observed, namely concerning recruitment criteria and procedures which were not in line with the general provisions of the Staff Regulations of officials of the EU institutions (as a matter of fact this is a recurrent situation in the budget discharge of various community agencies, in which several criticisms have been raised concerning non-compliance with the Staff Regulations). Such is the political desire to make progress with the communitarisation of “border management” at EU level and to set up Frontex – which we obviously oppose – that financial resources have been provided over and above the proven capacity. Which leads me to say that in 2006 it was definitely a case of putting the cart before the horse…"@en1

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