Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-28-Speech-3-159"

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dcterms:Date	"2004-01-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Follow-up to 2001 discharges (Commission)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040128.12.3-159"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-28-Speech-3-1602
lpv:speaker	lp:Manuel dos Santos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (2002-01-30--2004-07-19)3 member; BUDG (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (2002-01-30--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (2001-07-03--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (2001-07-03--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, after Parliament gave discharge to the 2001 Community budget in April last year, we must now evaluate the measures adopted by the Commission, as a follow-up to the recommendations contained in the framework resolution that gave this discharge. It is firstly important to emphasise the excellent work that Mr Casaca has done as rapporteur, which deserves praise, as it will certainly leave a positive mark on the current legislative period. It also underlines the fact that Parliament is far from being a spent political force. Among the many areas that he could have examined, the rapporteur wisely chose to concentrate on the accounting system, the operations and monitoring of Eurostat and the implementation of the common agricultural policy. As regards the accounting system and the implementation of the CAP, the situation has developed in a far from satisfactory manner. The Commission must therefore speed up the introduction of measures to standardise and streamline the accounting system and must pay special attention to monitoring financial flows relating to refunds, exports and management of stock. As for Eurostat, given that most serious wrongdoings were committed prior to 1999, it is worrying that, in all probability, contraventions of financial regulations have continued beyond 1999. It falls to the Commission to learn the appropriate lessons from this, which do not end at financial irregularities, but in fact take on political dimensions that undermine the very workings of the institutions. While the report does not call for any kind of witch-hunt, which would be most unwelcome at the current stage of the European process, it does make it quite clear that Eurostat might not be the only case and, worse, might not be the most serious case detected in the Commission’s activities. I shall conclude, Mr President, by saying that we must not lose sight of the essence of the political message sent out by proving irregularities and that the rapporteur’s prudent, sensible and workable recommendations must be duly adopted, complied with and enforced. ( )"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Applause"1

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