Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-01-18-Speech-2-385-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Question Hour with the President of the Commission2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110118.18.2-385-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-01-18-Speech-2-386-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:José Manuel Barroso2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I should point out that the European Court of Auditors is a fully independent body. The Commission has absolutely no influence over its methods or audit priorities, nor would we seek to have that kind of influence. It is in the Commission’s own interest, and in the European interest, to respect the independence of its external auditor. I have never made negative comments about decisions of courts, be it the constitutional courts, the European Court of Justice or the Court of Auditors. That is a basic principle of democracy: respect for the Rule of Law and respect for independent institutions. A regular dialogue exists, of course, between the Commission as auditee and the Court as auditor, as part of the audit process. This is normal and necessary to ensure the audit process works well and that all findings in the audit process are on a solid basis. Such a dialogue is fully in accordance with all international standards. I should probably also point out that in previous years, the Commission was subject to extremely critical reports from the Court of Auditors. I think we should respect our institutions, namely the independent institutions."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"José Manuel Barroso,"1 "President of the Commission."1
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