Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-05-10-Speech-2-042-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-05-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2009 discharge (continuation of debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110510.6.2-042-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Mulder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; LIBE (2010-07-05--2012-01-18)3 member; ALDE (2010-06-22--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2010-07-01--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CONT (2010-11-22--2011-09-28)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2010-07-01--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (2010-06-22--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2010-07-01--2014-06-30)3 substitute; BUDG (2010-11-22--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, rapporteur Chatzimarkakis and many other speakers have rightly highlighted the need for Member States to submit declarations of assurance. It may rather appear as if we are asking the Council and Member States for a favour. I believe that that is a misconstruction of the situation and that is why I think it is good that the Council is present here this morning. Perhaps it would be good for the Council to read once again the exact wording of the interinstitutional agreement which was entered into when we adopted the financial perspectives for this period. The agreement clearly states that the Council would issue declarations at the most appropriate political level. It is unfortunate that the Council has not adhered to these arrangements. However, the agreement was supposed to be a quid pro quo and it is perhaps good to remind you of this, now that we are busy negotiating new financial perspectives. There was a difference of opinion between the Council and Parliament over the level of the financial perspectives. The difference was EUR 112 billion over a seven-year period. Parliament agreed to revise their figure to EUR 110 billion. What we wanted in return were a number of things which would not cost any money at all. Declarations of assurance from Member States and political responsibility cost nothing. That is what the Council signed up to. What, though, is the situation now, four years after that date? Four Member States have complied with the agreement, but the others have not. That is a good omen for the upcoming negotiations. You have to be as good as your word, even though it was Austria that held the presidency of the Council back then. I therefore think that it is vital that we actually implement the action programme that has been agreed, because, otherwise, the negotiations over the new financial perspectives will be at risk. Finally, I would like to touch on a general matter. If I am not mistaken, it is now the seventeenth time that the European Court of Auditors has failed to issue a declaration of assurance. In light of the upcoming European elections, maintaining a situation whereby Parliament nonetheless grants a discharge for the budget every year will be untenable. It is time we had a positive DAS for a change."@en1
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