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"Mr President, year after year over the last 16 years, the auditors have been refusing to clear 90% or more of the budget, and this year is no exception. They talk about errors, but the nature of the irregularities they find goes far beyond that of a mistake. Suffice to say that such a situation would cause the closure of a company in the private sector and the conviction of its directors.
The fact is that taxpayers’ money has been unlawfully spent. This year, the auditors claim that at least GBP 6 billion should not have been paid out. What is the essence of the problem? The lack of responsibility.
The Commission and the auditors will, as usual, blame the Member States, but the fact is that the failure resides within the Commission due to the lack of proper controls. The Commission is in the best position to establish the rules and to sanction those who breach them, but it has failed all along and this Parliament also bears responsibility, as it has approved the situation every year and keeps asking for an increase in the budget.
There is no hope any more that the EU budget will ever be cleared by the auditors. At this point, the only way to protect taxpayers’ money is to reduce the EU budget drastically.
Now I address the British Prime Minister. Mr Cameron, in accepting a 2.9% increase for the 2011 EU budget, you have failed dramatically. On behalf of British taxpayers, I hereby request that you lead the demand for a significant reduction of the 2011 budget."@en1
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