Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-12-16-Speech-2-141"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Draft 2004 budget as amended by the Council and Letters of Amendment 1,2,[amp] 3/20042
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031216.4.2-141"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-16-Speech-2-1422
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne E. Jensen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Venstre (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; BUDG (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, President-in-Office of the Council, the budget for 2004 is in many ways a complicated budget because enlargement will happen part way through the year. If we were so successful at putting the budget in place, it was of course due to the splendid cooperation between the institutions and, of course, to fantastic contributions from the rapporteurs, the coordinators and our chairman, Mr Wynn, who is truly adept at cooperation. Our success should be honoured and appreciated and not be greeted with attacks on Parliament’s budgetary authority. I wish especially to emphasise three things about this budget for 2004. First of all, we put enlargement in place. Secondly, we found the EUR 200 million for Iraq. It is now that the Iraqis are short of money. In the longer term, Iraq is of course a country rich in resources that can fund its reconstruction itself. Thirdly, I wish to mention a lesser, but nonetheless important, matter for the next few years. This budget placed special emphasis on the decentralised agencies, so we can sincerely welcome last week’s summit, where something was in fact decided. At long last, domiciles were established for a whole series of agencies following the failure to decide about this matter at numerous summits. About time, too. A steady stream of new agencies is now being set up, and the good thing about these decentralised units is that they guarantee expertise, concentration upon a particular area and the arms-length principle when it comes to administration. The problem, however, is that the many agencies may lead to unduly large expenditure on administration, both because we obtain small units that are expensive to administer and because we use the action appropriations for these agencies. It is therefore good that, with this budget, Parliament has emphasised that we wish to have control over the development of the agencies in the future, and that we wish to have transparency."@en1

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