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"The Fjellner report cannot count on my support. The European Court of Auditors has noted that, for 2010, the number of errors in the policy area which has had the highest error rate for years, namely the Structural Funds, and which we know as cohesion policy, has increased. The European Parliament’s report rightly addresses requests to the European Commission. For example, I am pleased that my amendment which calls for the Emergency Fund to be monitored in respect of the legality, regularity and efficiency of spending, has been adopted. On the other hand, an opportunity that has been missed is that the discharge has not been made conditional on progress in national statements of assurance. These ensure that Member States are more aware of their responsibility to spend the EU funds they manage prudently. That would help reduce the error rate, because a substantial number of the errors could have been prevented or corrected if Member States had been sufficiently alert. It is ironic that ministers of countries with problems have turned down the European Parliament’s invitation to discuss improvements. To put it briefly, the European Commission will only be able to enforce the sensible demands made in the report if discharge is postponed. I regret that the Committee on Budgetary Control did not want to take that step."@en1
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