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"Ladies and gentlemen, I think that in discussing this report, we must take care to be sufficiently precise in our statements, because we are very often also talking, here, about errors, irregularities or embezzlement. The report shows very clearly that in terms of the error rate found for cohesion policy, there has been a definite reduction. It is at a level of around 5%, in relation to which we cannot at the same time talk about errors at a level of 20, 30 or 40%, because this simply confuses the overall picture. We have, here, a clear improvement in what certainly is a very complicated policy, since it is managed jointly with the Member States. A problem for all of us is how to improve this policy, which has a structure which is simply very demanding and very complicated but which has huge added value. The situation is changing, and this should be noted with satisfaction and stated positively.
However, I would like to draw attention to a certain disturbing part of the report, and I quote: ‘Taking this into consideration, the Court concludes that it is not possible to make a meaningful comparison between its own estimate of error rates and the data for financial corrections and recoveries supplied by the Commission.’ I think this statement is very important and significant for the future, because we do not want a situation in which the Court concludes that it cannot reach agreement with the Commission about results. More work is needed, here, and this matter needs to be explained."@en1
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