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dcterms:Date	"2000-11-15"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Bart Staes2
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lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President of the Court of Auditors, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you, Mr Karlsson, for this excellent report. I would also like to thank you for the procedure you followed. We were able to read things through more than a week in advance, and come well prepared. I believe that in principle it is a sound procedure. Only, to be perfectly honest with you, I was rather disenchanted with yesterday’s meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Control. It was too short. And you actually failed to answer a number of precise and really rather crucial questions put to you by the delegates, which I think is a shame. Some of these questions have already cropped up again in today’s debate, and I read in today’s that some of your colleagues make detailed statements. Their themes are fraud, irregularities, and mistakes running to DM 8 billion. I also read that the erroneous percentage is certainly in excess of 5%. Why do we keep harping on about this figure? Both Mr Mulder and the rapporteur did the same. We want to know why because it is important in our estimation. We have made political statements about this in the past. I would therefore be grateful if you could respond to this question again. We are aware that things are in very bad shape in the Commission, and that it still lacks a culture whereby the European taxpayer’s money is administered effectively. That is a pity. Of course, we all know that the Commission is working on its programme of reform. The President of the Court of Auditors also made reference to this, and in this sense, next year’s report will, of course, be the moment of truth. There is also indeed a need for action in the regional and national parliaments, because it is the Member States themselves that are responsible for a great many errors. I would therefore urge my counterparts in the national parliaments to ratify the two conventions that have yet to be ratified by all the Member States. I also call upon the Ministers, Heads of State and Government to endorse the proposal for a European Public Ministry at the Nice Summit. Lastly, Mr President of the Court of Auditors, a final request. Could you please make your report a little more user-friendly? Tell the whole story. Name those Member States that are performing well, and those that are doing badly in some areas. It will make it more readable. It will raise interest in your report and give people the incentive to do better next time."@en1
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