Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-07-06-Speech-2-037"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Review of the Spanish Presidency (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100706.4.2-037"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-07-06-Speech-2-0382
lpv:speaker	lp:Jens Geier2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Barroso, Mr Zapatero, from the point of view of those in charge of budgetary control in this House, the Spanish Presidency has made history. We are grateful that this Presidency has succeeded in removing the discharge procedure for the Council from the sphere of obscurity. Previously, the Council has refused to lay adequate accounts before the European Parliament. Sessions had, at best, an informal character. One had to collect documents bit by bit, or they were unavailable. Answers to questions were unsatisfactory. The Council would refer in all seriousness to an agreement dating from 1970, the ‘gentlemen’s agreement’, which allegedly clarifies issues concerning the discharge, although this gentlemen’s agreement spares not a single word on this matter. This has now changed. The Secretary-General of the Council has agreed to introduce a discharge procedure worthy of the name in a transparent procedure in compliance with democratic standards. This success of the Spanish Presidency testifies to the democratic and European convictions of the Spanish Government. For this, it deserves the praise of this House."@en1
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