Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-05-10-Speech-2-061-000"

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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
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110510.6.2-061-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-05-10-Speech-2-062-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:José Manuel Fernandes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2010-03-05--2014-06-30)3 member; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Becsey, ladies and gentlemen, firstly I would like to congratulate all the rapporteurs on their excellent work. I want this speech to focus, in particular, on heading 5, relating to the administrative and operational expenditure of the various institutions, and to recall that the volume of administrative and operational expenditure represents less than 6% of the European Union’s annual budget. Despite this figure, I believe it essential that the principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness be applied. It is in budgetary implementation, above all, that savings need to be promoted and incentivised. At the same time, under no circumstances can we incentivise and promote the full usage of all the funds for each heading. It is important that rigour and austerity be advocated, and, at the same time, that Parliament have the minimum resources that it needs for excellence in lawmaking. With regard to interpretation and translation, I believe it essential and crucial that members be able to express themselves and work in their native language. In essence, that is us giving meaning to the motto ‘united in diversity’. I believe that, in place of purely incremental budgets, we should have zero-based budgeting at the beginning of each parliamentary session, and furthermore that the institutions’ budgets should be multiannual budgets. Control cannot mean bureaucracy, since this is always an unnecessary cost. The principle of trust in the institutions should prevail. Finally, discharge cannot be a time for discussing detailed policy requiring broad consensus, in particular revision of the Treaties. For example, I consider the discussion of workplace-related issues in discharge reports inappropriate."@en1
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