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dcterms:Date	"2012-05-10"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120510.9.4-036-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Mulder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2010-06-22--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2010-07-01--2014-06-30)3 member; CONT (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)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; CRIM (2012-03-28--2013-10-23)3 substitute; BUDG (2012-01-19--2012-07-04)3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2012-07-04)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, although the Danish Presidency is not listening, unfortunately, I would, first of all, welcome Denmark to this meeting. It is the first time in many years that the Council has attended. This is the seventeenth consecutive year that we have had a negative report from the European Court of Auditors. That alone should be a reason for Parliament not to grant discharge to the Commission. I do not think there are many national parliaments that would be so lenient towards their governments if that were to happen, nor is the trend heading in the right direction. Over the years, Parliament has made a lot of suggestions as to how this could be done. The role of Member States is essential in this regard. As the Commissioner said, 80% of the money is spent by Member States. That is why the European Parliament clearly stated in Article 44 of the 2006 interinstitutional agreement that Member States should submit annual statements of assurance and that the Commission should then provide comments on them. Parliament would be able to analyse that and start a dialogue with the Commission on improvements. For six years, Parliament has not been able to acquaint itself with those annual statements. That is extremely odd. If you have an agreement between three parties, then it would make sense to me that those statements should also be available to those parties. I welcome the Commission’s statement but, unfortunately, the Commissioner did not make any reference to Article 44 of the interinstitutional agreement. That article is essential. I find it extremely unfortunate that he has failed to refer to it. However, he has made some progress. His statement will have an impact on the voting behaviour of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, which will probably differ from that of the Committee on Budgetary Control itself. At the time, they voted against, but I will keep the surprise until the end."@en1
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