Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-22-Speech-2-304"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European satellite radionavigation programmes (EGNOS and Gallileo) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080422.50.2-304"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-22-Speech-2-3052
lpv:speaker	lp:Margaritis Schinas2
lpv:spokenAs	member; BUDG (2007-10-11--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-10-11--2009-07-13)3,3 member; EPP-ED (2007-10-01--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2007-10-01--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; ECON (2007-10-10--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, let me for my part express satisfaction with the result we have reached. This of course promises to be an anomaly: usually the Committee on Budgets is called on to find the money for a specific programme, but here the reverse has been the case. We had already found the money, and we were trying to determine the structure of the programme. After sitting for some 40 days in talks with the Council, we finally succeeded. The final approval of Galileo, in my view, demonstrates three important facts. Firstly, just when Europe is accused of having no ambitions of being in turmoil, our willingness to find the resources for such a technologically ambitious plan proves that the EU can more than answer its critics when it comes to benefiting citizens and business. Secondly, as Commissioner Barrot has pointed out, without the European Parliament there would have been no Galileo. The European Parliament has played a key part in negotiating with the Council over finding the resources, particularly in view of the private sector’s failure to commit funds, in contrast to earlier promises. Thirdly and finally, we now have a programme funded entirely by the Community. As this is a programme backed exclusively and solely by the European taxpayer, it places special obligations on the European Parliament, and on the managers of the programme, who are the European Commission, the ESA and the Galileo Supervisory Authority. We will not shrink from this responsibility. Until 2013 we will monitor the management of the programme very closely. A great deal of money is involved, so our responsibilities are particularly onerous. Thank you very much, and I congratulate all those who have worked to achieve this highly satisfactory result."@en1

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