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"(FR) Mr President Prodi, we have listened to you attentively and we are concerned.
On 13 April last, you stated your desire for reform aimed at greater efficiency, absolute transparency and full responsibility. Since then you have frequently restated your laudable intentions in this respect. But what exactly does this reform consist of? Where is this promised revolution when you are bringing back those same commissioners who were forced to resign following the damning report of the Committee of Independent Experts?
The ultimate mystery is why you entrust administrative reform, which must be based on the said report, to one of the four returning Commissioners. Not all of the new Commissioners seem to us to have the necessary credibility to satisfy this desire for reform.
Our group will therefore be particularly attentive during the coming hearings, and as far as we are concerned there is no question of Parliament being content to be a mere registration chamber.
This disastrous management of the Commission must come to an end. It must never happen again, otherwise it will be the citizens who, justifiably, turn their backs on Europe. The high level of abstention in the recent European Elections is a genuine cry of alarm. It is a sign of a profound crisis of confidence.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are open to dialogue and debate, but can only pass judgment on actions rather than fine speeches. Firstly, we need to know what spirit the Commissioners are going to be working in and what approach they intend to take with regard to working with all Members of this Parliament, regardless of whether they belong to a small group or large group.
Last January, Jacques Santer asked for the political trust of this Parliament, under threat of a vote of no confidence, stating that we should stop looking to the past. Today, you are asking almost the same thing. How much confidence can we show in you? At best, we can give you the benefit of the doubt. If your changes only consist of technical improvements, while preserving the same culture, they will not be acceptable to us. We expect Commissioners to open dialogue with the elected representatives in the European Parliament as early as possible before decisions are taken, but above all we expect them to respect the principles of transparency and subsidiarity as well as our democracies and traditions. In that way you will provide us with the means to work with you effectively and we will all gain from our differences.
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