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"Mr President, I, like other colleagues, welcome this debate, because it makes sense to have a debate on the legislative programme before we take decisions on the 2004 budget. The priority of enlargement, along with the other two priorities, makes real sense for the European Union.
Since most of the Commission is here, it would make sense to summon all our colleagues in order to hold a real debate on what the European Union is going to be. That would suggest we should cancel all meetings outside the Chamber to allow our colleagues to be present.
I wish to make a remark about the Commission reforms which, as you have said, Mr President, were the reason for the Commission coming into office. My Group has continually pressed for reforms based on the Wise Men's report. There has been significant progress, and most recently we received a very positive document detailing changes in the financial regulation and the staff regulations yesterday evening in the Committee on Budgets. However, this document still fails to address the weaknesses in the way the Commission is operating, as revealed by the Eurostat affair.
In the light of the three steps you outlined to the Committee on Budgetary Control this morning, my Group is disappointed at the way in which the reforms have been implemented. One or two of our members said to you that reforms in relation to the flow of information, proper internal audits and Commissioners' responsibility for the services they run should have been completed by September 1999. If the institutions are to be successfully reformed, which is vital if our citizens are to have confidence in the way in which they are run, it is a problem, as Mr Blak has said, that nobody seems to wish to take responsibility. You have sacked a Director-General, but the Commissioners are still in place. You reassured us this morning in the Committee on Budgetary Control that the Commissioners will have responsibility, but there are still unanswered questions.
My main question, to which I would like a reply, Mr President of the Commission, concerns the internal documents relating to Eurostat. You have come forward with proposals for the reorganisation of OLAF. However, we as a Parliament are still waiting for OLAF's report on Eurostat. Are the suggestions for reorganising the whole system coming from OLAF, because OLAF is a Commission service, or are we going to be able to have OLAF's report so that we as a Parliament can assess the situation and come to a conclusion? Other speakers have already said that we will need a strong Commission during 2004 to ensure that we can manage the responsibilities of the Union effectively."@en1
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