Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-28-Speech-3-144"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Communities' financial interests2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011128.7.3-144"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-28-Speech-3-1452
lpv:speaker	lp:Eluned Morgan2
lpv:spoken text	"I should like, first of all, to thank the two Members for all their work in writing these reports. They have been tireless workers on fighting fraud in the European Union since they were appointed. However, there is a problem. According to the Commission report, there has been a doubling of fraud, in particular, of the revenue collected over the year 2000. That is of great concern but we must put it into context and remember that much of this is due to Member States not taking fraud seriously. They are not collecting the money that is due to the European Union, for example, from cigarette smuggling and the money that we could get through taxes. Member States are also not taking fraud seriously because we still have four Member States who have not ratified the Convention on the Protection of Financial Interests which means that nobody can move on in terms of fighting fraud. As regards the Structural Funds, 40% of the money is spent in the Member States and the data we have, in terms of following up where that money is spent, is unreliable. This situation is quite pathetic. What do we do when we find fraud? We pass a file onto OLAF who do the investigation and then it sits on a shelf because nobody prosecutes. This is a real problem. Who is going to take responsibility for prosecution? Only two people have ever been prosecuted by OLAF and this is a green light to fraudsters in the EU. We must ask if people are against the European Public Prosecutor, then what alternative do they want to see? We are asking a little bit too much in this report by asking for a regulation. But we also know that about half the Member States are against this and there is a possibility of losing an opportunity to have a European fraud prosecutor for the EU financial interests. We may be asking for too much too fast and I am concerned about that, but I respect the Members for really trying to push the boat out on this fraud issue."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Morgan (PSE )."1

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