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lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Pierre Audy2
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lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, President-in-Office of the Council, my first words must be to congratulate our rapporteurs, Ms Gräßle and Mr Rivellini, as well as the rapporteurs for the groups, who have all done important work. The first thing I want to mention is simplification, and I would like to thank both the Commissioner and the rapporteur for having moved towards simplification. Both citizens and central and local government bodies are at the end of their tether. Every time we see an increase in the error rate, it is because the rules are too complicated. I warmly thank you, therefore, for the Cohesion Fund resources, and for the research that has been done, continuing on from Mr Carvalho’s excellent report. I would also like to thank the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control for having agreed to introduce a measure of consistency, by allowing the use of international accounting standards applicable to the public sector in future. We had to put an end to this inconsistency whereby the EU’s accountants made their own rules. Thank you also for having looked into shortening the timescale for granting discharge. It is only given after 16 months, which is far too long. I will end by mentioning two other subjects. The first is the national declarations: I have a lot of reservations about these. I believe we ought to discuss the matter from both the political and technical points of view, to make sure that these declarations are in keeping with international auditing standards applicable to the public sector. In auditing, we never ask for declarations of assurance from managing authorities. We ask them for representation letters stating that nothing has been concealed, but not letters of assurance. It is not the job of ministers to perform audits. What is more, in the Member States that have agreed to the principle, the error rates are no lower than in other countries. To conclude, I would like to thank the committees for having agreed to the principle of an investment section within the European Union, in order to keep investment operations separate. We will at last be able to have a budget framework for our major investment projects, such as GALILEO or ITER, which are planned over periods that go well beyond the annual framework, or even the financial perspective. Another significant step forward that is within sight in terms of budget presentation is the inclusion of the future project bonds in our accounting system, and the establishment of a major European investment plan to help growth within the Union."@en1
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