Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-13-Speech-1-099"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Annual Report of the Court of Auditors2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991213.4.1-099"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-13-Speech-1-1002
lpv:speaker	lp:Freddy Blak2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Socialdemokratiet (1999-07-20--2002-12-08)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; CONT (1999-07-21--2001-12-11)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2001-12-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Court of Auditors’ conclusions resemble those we have seen in many recent years. It is not possible for them to come up with a positive opinion. There is a need for the Member States to take greater responsibility. They administer approximately 80% of the budget and they do not do it particularly well. I am naturally pleased that Denmark is not singled out for attack this year. I am a little surprised, however, that the Court of Auditors should again have volunteered a remark about the feta issue. In fact, that matter was closed a long time ago. In February, Mr Kinnock will be submitting a proposal for a reform of the Commission. This is perhaps one of the things we are to be tackling. One of the most important changes concerns the staff culture. It happens too rarely that employees are suspended or fired if they are incompetent or corrupt. There does exist the opportunity to dismiss incompetent employees on the basis of Article 52 of the staff regulations. This Article ought to be made use of, and in general it never is. This practice ought therefore to be changed. If we are to stamp out irregularities and fraud, we need to change the staff culture and the tendency for people’s being able to get away with murder if they have the right friends to cover for them. We should be cleaning up our act after previous scandals. What signals are being sent out to future leaders of the Commission if those responsible for the scandals can just carry on in good jobs? In this way, we shall never see a positive opinion from the Court of Auditors. We need to put our house in order following the mistakes of the past, both internally within the Commission and also in the Member States. Mr President, it is also an historic day today in so far as we for once witnessed one of our colleagues seeing the light, namely Mr Dell’Alba."@en1

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