Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-01-31-Speech-3-085"
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"Mr President, it is very appropriate that we are debating these two very good reports only a few days before the Euro-Med Forum, which is due to sit next week. Various speakers have mentioned the importance of that forum, which must be raised over the coming years if we are to get the Barcelona Process back on track and expanding.
I would like to speak mainly on the funding for the Euro-Med programme, for MEDA, and say I am disappointed at the very low take-up. The report mentions that is due to poor administration and procedures within the Commission. A former colleague of mine, Mr Patten, is doing his best to make sure that we do get spending in the right sort of areas – efficiently, effectively, and to meet the needs of the various countries.
I am first Vice-Chairman of the delegation for Malta. They are not allowed to bid for as much work as they want. We need more transparency in the spending that is agreed upon. We need to know where the money is going and – very importantly indeed – we need a better audit trail of where the money has gone because a lot of talk in the media is about misuse and money going down the wrong avenues for the wrong reasons. That is an abuse of the position that we hold here.
I expect to see a better relationship between Parliament and the Commission in the interest of all the countries in the southern Mediterranean area. There is a great deal of work to be done, it can be done and, indeed, it must be done."@en1
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