Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-04-10-Speech-1-073"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-04-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Refugee Fund2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000410.4.1-073"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-10-Speech-1-0742
lpv:speaker	lp:Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg2
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I would like to warmly congratulate the rapporteur on her report and would also like to thank her for the cooperation I have received in my capacity as draftsperson of the opinion. I was very excited when I read the Commission’s proposal. The Commission is obviously on the right track. It is important that the financial responsibility for refugees be distributed among Member States. This is far better than shifting people around and, in this way, it is possible to end the vicious circle of Member States passing the buck, something which they have become familiar with through the international Treaties. However, the Committee on Budgets is raising two objections. Firstly, no consideration is given to the Financial Regulation. Indeed, the programme is multiannual, whilst the financial calculations have only been made for one year. The second objection is more extensive. The financial scheme of setting aside 26 million for structural measures whilst keeping ten million in reserve for contingency measures could never lead to the goal which the Commission has in mind, namely an actual spreading of the financial responsibility. The Member States will, however, need to set up all kinds of structures and procedures in order to share out the money. In this way, solidarity among Member States and solidarity with those seeking protection threatens to be encumbered by a disproportionately high administrative burden. The Committee on Budgets therefore suggests that the present proposal with the amounts quoted could be considered as an experiment, a very commendable experiment at that. But a real European Refugee Fund will cost a great deal more than that. It will need to be investigated exactly how much more this would cost, and the Committee on Budgets has decided unanimously that we expect the outcome of this investigation before 31 March 2001. The Commission is on the right track. We should not, therefore, get distracted by restrictions upon the financial perspective as long as the net result is to be positive."@en1

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