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dcterms:Date	"2001-04-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2002 budget guidelines/ Financial perspective2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20010403.3.2-021"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-03-Speech-2-0222
lpv:speaker	lp:Bartho Pronk2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (1999-12-09--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, I would like to extend heartfelt thanks to both rapporteurs Mr Costa Neves and Mr Colom i Naval for their work. I hope that we will be able to conclude the Colom i Naval report with a Council agreement within the not too distant future. I also hope that the wishes of my Committee will be taken into consideration in this connection. With regard to the Costa Neves report, I believe that the rapporteur has set the right tone. However, it is always a little difficult at this stage to be too specific until we have the Commission’s preliminary draft budget. However, I would like to take this opportunity to make an observation with regard to the employment programmes. Over the past few years, this Parliament, the Commission and the Council have developed all kinds of employment programmes. I believe that this year, we should perhaps take stock and try to draw the necessary conclusions. I must admit that I have been very concerned recently, because the Commission displays a slight inclination, when we talk about open coordination, to listen only to the Council, and to overlook the fact that the budget falls within the remit of both arms of the budgetary authority. It is, of course, up to the Council to give substance to open coordination, but with regard to the budgetary issue, both arms of the budgetary authority are competent. The Commission, and especially the Council itself tend to overlook this. I have the impression that the Council is, in some respects, acting in a way reminiscent of Mafia leaders in the United States who exchange mutual territories, and not so much like the competent budgetary authority that the Council should be. This is also evident from its absence today. That is, in actual fact, a very important, if not entirely clear, debate. In any case, we will be taking a closer look at those employment projects and the issues surrounding open coordination in general, and will draw the necessary conclusions."@en1

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