Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-05-22-Speech-4-076"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-05-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Follow-up of the Paris Declaration of 2005 on Aid Effectiveness (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080522.7.4-076"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-05-22-Speech-4-0772
lpv:speaker	lp:Johan Van Hecke2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2007-03-14--2008-07-06)3 member; DEVE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten - Vivant (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"This high-level constructive debate today has revealed a wide consensus, both in Parliament and between Parliament and the Commission, on the action we have to take to improve the quality of our aid. More account must be taken of the priorities of the countries themselves. The aid needs to be more predictable. Technical assistance must be cut further. More budgetary support is needed, but also greater transparency and involvement by parliaments, the social midfield and local authorities. The code of conduct needs to be more effective and the Donor Atlas has to be extended, and so on. However, in my view the crux of the matter is that we, Parliament and the Commission – and why should we not involve the national parliaments as well? – need to put pressure on the Member States so that, first and foremost, they stick to their promises and, secondly, approve a plan in which they indicate very clearly what can and will be done within what period of time. Thirdly, they also have to involve themselves clearly in the division of labour proposed by the Commission. I think, ladies and gentlemen, that, with our friends and colleagues in the national parliaments, disregarding party boundaries, we should take the initiative in stepping up the pressure on the governments, which indeed concerns not just the joint but also the individual responsibility of a number of Member States. This report contains a whole series of concrete recommendations. I sincerely hope that the Commission and the Council will take these with them to Accra. Parliament is speaking with one voice here today, something that does not always happen, and is expressing the wish that the European Union in Accra will also speak with one voice, a clear voice, a loud voice, and above all a credible voice."@en1

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