Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-12-18-Speech-4-011"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-12-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Disclosure requirements for medium-sized companies and obligation to draw up consolidated accounts - Accounting requirements as regards medium-sized companies (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081218.2.4-011"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-12-18-Speech-4-0122
lpv:speaker	lp:Sharon Bowles2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I welcome the reduction of the financial reporting burden on SMEs. Smaller companies are not simply downsized versions of large corporations, so some reporting required of large companies is not relevant at all. Other parts create an excessive drain on resources, do not fit with the realities of the huge variety of smaller companies that we have in Europe and, in consequence, do not serve the public interest. Unnecessary reporting does a lot more harm than good, so I am glad to be rid of some. Let us keep up the good work. However, the part of the final text of the report that my group and others disagree with is that on correlation tables. The Commission wanted correlation tables on transposition to be mandatory, even in this little directive, and that is our position. The Council will not agree because it says this is an unnecessary burden. My answer to that is that it should not be. We must find a way to make transposition of EU legislation accessible. There is an enormous democratic deficit. Member States are responsible, but Europe gets blamed. There are some similarities here with the criticism that has been made against the Lisbon Treaty, because it is unreadable as a stand-alone document. However, there should be even more of an outcry from the public because, day after day, this is just what many Member State governments are doing to their citizens and businesses in their transpositions. Let us be clear. This is something that is not an EU malaise. It is a Member State government malaise and it must end."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; JURI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; ECON (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2005-05-12--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2005-05-12--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Sharon Bowles,"1 "on behalf of the ALDE Group"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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