Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-07-06-Speech-4-139"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000706.6.4-139"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-06-Speech-4-1402
lpv:speaker	lp:Mogens Camre2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Dansk Folkeparti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-30--2001-01-30)3 vice-chair; UEN (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-09-30--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"On 6 July 2000, members of the Union for a Europe of Nations Group voted against giving discharge to the Commission in respect of implementation of the general budget of the European Union for 1998. The reason for this is that the present Commission, which has undertaken to implement an extensive administrative reform, is not showing sufficient willingness to implement this reform. The many cases of foot-dragging, delay and refusal to hand over documents to the Committee on Budgetary Control, together with the extraordinary fact that crucial reports and minutes are disappearing from the record offices where they belong, are an uncomfortable indication that a form of administration is being maintained which is more suited to the age of absolute monarchy. Clearly, the purpose of the secrecy is to protect the Commission’s members and officials from the penalties which are used in every democratic national administration and without which the European Union’s administration will never operate properly. In the course of the debate on the report, I have mentioned two matters which are still outstanding, but these are merely isolated symptoms of a general malaise. One year after coming into office, the Commission has still not presented any proposal for fundamentally changing the provisions in the regulations for public officials which provide the kind of legal protection for incompetence and dishonesty that is completely absurd in an administration which purports to be democratic. The treatment of this report in the Committee on Budgetary Control has also shown that some Members of the European Parliament are more concerned with protecting the Commission against those citizens who pay for the EU’s budget than with attending to the same citizens’ demand that their money be administered honestly and efficiently. Unacceptable pressure has been placed upon a number of rapporteurs, and the shady operators who have an interest in preventing the serious examples of fraud and deception in the Commission’s administration from coming to light have not held back from making physical threats. A number of MEPs have today voted in favour of giving discharge. I do not believe that a great many of these MEPs are satisfied with the Commission’s economic administration, but we have reached a point where the majority prefer to close their eyes to what is going on than to run the risk of their electors and fellow citizens becoming fully aware of the scandalous states of affairs which make themselves felt year after year. I am convinced that, in the long run, the majority of MEPs will regret having been so indulgent."@en1

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