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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2009 discharge: Council (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111025.6.2-056-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-10-25-Speech-2-057-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Marta Andreasen2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, the approval this Parliament gives to EU institutions on the management of taxpayers’ money, the so-called ‘discharge procedure’, has become a joke. We were elected to scrutinise and protect our people’s interests, yet year after year, the biggest part of the budget – that under the European Commission’s responsibility – is riddled with irregularities, and still this Parliament is happy to grant discharge to it. Members here today are also happy to grant discharge to the European Police College’s 2009 accounts even after serious misappropriations of funds surfaced that year. A nod and a wink from the new management that it will put its house in order is all it took, yet then when it comes to the Council, Parliament refuses discharge even if the auditors make no criticism at all of the institution’s financial management. Why such inconsistency? Power games. Parliament thinks this is a way of flexing its muscles. In reality, this is an act of total disrespect to the taxpayers it is supposed to serve. However, even more disrespectfully, this House will not allow any other institution but itself to approve its own financial management. This is a total conflict of interest. The reports by the internal auditor of this Parliament for 2007, 2008 and 2009, which came to light last week, show this House is far from meriting a clean bill of health. I voted against discharge for the Commission. I voted against discharge for Parliament and I will vote against discharge for the Council, as I cannot be certain that the money has been properly spent."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; United Kingdom Independence Party (2009-07-14--2013-02-25)3 substitute; ECON (2009-10-07--2012-01-18)3 member; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; BUDG (2009-10-07--2012-01-18)3 substitute; PETI (2010-03-08--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair_member_of_the_bureau; EFD (2011-05-23--2013-02-26)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Marta Andreasen,"1 "on behalf of the EFD Group."1
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