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". I voted in favour of the resolution as I believe it is essential that the Council strengthens the role and independence of Eurostat; I believe it is important that the Council and the Member States be asked to accept that Eurostat should be given responsibility to carry out unannounced inspections in the Member States to verify statistical data. I regard the Commission’s proposal as the minimum needed in the light of the Greece case, emphasising that the reporting obligations need to be enforced in all Member States and that reporting should include details of any previous off-balance sheet activity; I believe that the Member States should end the use of off-balance sheet debt structures of any kind; I agree with the calls for the Commission to propose binding legal measures to oblige the Member States to end the practice of using off-balance-sheet debt structures of any kind; I believe it is very important that attention has been drawn to the tendency among Member States to keep certain liabilities off their balance sheets, in particular in respect of future payments necessitated by public-sector pensions and by long-term contracts with the private sector for the leasing or provision of public facilities (…) ( )"@en1
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