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"Mr President, once again we are being asked whether or not we approve the management of EU funds by the European Commission.
The Court of Auditors has, for the 18th year in a row, refused to clear the EU budget, but this has never led this Parliament to actually act.
When the auditors talk about significant material errors, breach of public procurement rules, claims for non-existent animals and incorrect activation of entitlements, they are actually describing the way in which European taxpayers’ money is being misappropriated.
The level of irregularities has actually gone up to almost 4%, so the question here is: when is the European Commission actually going to be held to account for this abominable failure? Because whatever blame we want to put on the beneficiaries, it is actually the Commission which asks for our taxes to fund the budgets and which should therefore ensure they are properly spent before releasing them.
I am not holding my breath. This Parliament will vote to approve the EU accounts once again.
However, the UK and the Netherlands have refused to approve them and I hope many more Member States will follow suit."@en1
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