Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-04-03-Speech-2-133"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-04-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Discharges (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010403.7.2-133"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-03-Speech-2-1342
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (2000-05-03--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Court of Auditors has not recommended that discharge be granted to the Commission for 1999, just as it did not for previous years either. When Mr Santer’s Commission had to resign in connection with the debate on discharge in 1997, despite the support of the Social Democrat group, the GUE/NGL Group was consistently in favour of resignation. There were too many irregularities and the administrative culture it represented was a spurious one. The situation in 1999 was different. Responsibility was unevenly divided between Mr Santer’s Commission that had resigned and the new Commission. It was hard to say which of them was responsible for what. Now it is harder to come up with detailed arguments as to why discharge should not be granted. The Committee on Budgetary Control has not uncovered any instances of malpractice or unclear areas that are so major that they cannot be left until the discharge debate for 2000. When deciding on discharge for 2000 it is known that the present Commission is responsible for everything, including those matters that were not brought to a conclusion for 1999. The majority of our group on this occasion is in favour of granting the Commission discharge. With regard to Parliament’s own discharge, attention should be paid to those abuses that the political groups were guilty of in connection with financing the Europarties. These have been spoken of with unwarranted sensitivity. I agree with the rapporteur, Mrs Stauner: a framework agreement with regard to the supply of information from the Commission is not enough. We now have to take stock of the experience we have gained and return to the matter in association with discharge for 2000."@en1

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