Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-02-Speech-4-026"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Annual report of the Court of Auditors – 20032
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041202.4.4-026"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-02-Speech-4-0272
lpv:speaker	lp:Carl Lang2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Front national (2004-07-20--2009-03-18)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2007-01-14)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as it does every year, the European Court of Auditors emphasises the serious problems, the manifest errors and the instances of fraud where management of the Budget is concerned, particularly in the areas of the common agricultural policy and of the Structural Funds. Each year, the European Parliament and the Member States take note of these factors, and nothing changes. Nothing changes because Europe has become a huge bureaucratic machine in which no one is really responsible any longer, a conclusion also reached through the analysis in the Independent Experts’ Report that led to the resignation of the Santer Commission in 1999. What is more, OLAF has neither the means nor the will to monitor proper use of Community funds, and the Member States tend to protect nationals of theirs who are suspected of fraud. In short, it is time that the Member States, which are the main contributors to the Community Budget, monitored the funds appropriated to them and checked that they were being properly administered, severely penalising offenders including those guilty of fraud. Otherwise, we shall receive the same report from the Court of Auditors every year, denouncing the same evils, but to absolutely no practical effect."@en1

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