Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-05-10-Speech-2-077-000"

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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	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110510.8.2-077-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-05-10-Speech-2-078-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg2
lpv:spokenAs	quaestor; European Parliament (2009-07-15--2012-01-16)3 substitute; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3 member; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Parliament's Bureau (2009-07-15--2012-01-16)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Quaestors (2009-07-15--2012-01-16)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; JURI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	". Unanimity is rare among the Members of the European Parliament, who are usually divided into eight groups. In today’s votes on the 39 discharges in respect of the implementation of the budgets of the individual institutions for 2009, we postponed the decision to grant discharge to the Council of the European Union by 637 votes in favour, 4 against and 13 abstentions. The decision taken by Members today is the natural consequence of the events of recent months. Council representatives, including the Secretary General, did not accept a single invitation from the members of the Committee on Budgetary Control to discuss the Council’s expenditure in 2009. What is more, we were not given answers to any of several dozen specific questions, which included questions regarding the funding arrangements for the European External Action Service, which was set up in late 2009 (the Rivellini report contains a full list of questions). If we remind ourselves of the difficulties that accompanied the debates on the Council’s expenditure in 2007 and 2008 and the far-reaching concessions granted by Parliament in this respect, this year’s position is understandable. Following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, both institutions need a formal agreement on reviews of expenditure to replace the 30-year-old ‘gentlemen’s agreement’. Citizens have the right to demand transparency as far as the Council’s and Parliament’s finances are concerned. For now, we must wait until 15 June 2011, when the Council is to provide answers to MEPs’ questions."@en1

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