Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2015-03-11-Speech-3-321-603"
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"en.20150311.38.3-321-603"2
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"Given that fraudulent irregularities in 2013 involved €309 million of EU funding, there is little doubt of the need to fight against fraud and other irregularities. Tá sé tabhachtach caiteachas poiblí a chosaint, go háirithe sa ré déine seo. This is particularly the case now, more than ever, in this era of austerity, particularly given that the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014-2020 represented the first cut to the EU's seven-year budget in 57 years.
I am glad to see some recognition in this report of the need for administrative capacity - in detecting fraudulent activity. To detect and prevent financial irregularities, Member States and the EU need to adequately invest in training and resourcing people.
However, I have serious concerns in relation to the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office and the parameters of its remit. The rationale for the development of EU criminal law is to combat transnational organised crime. The intention is of course to be welcomed, but not at the expense of subjugating the existing judicial systems of individual Member States to the interests of the EU and undermining those systems.
For these reasons I abstained."@en1
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