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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, forgive me, but it seems to me that the mechanisms being used at the moment are sufficient. The proof is that you refer to a case that was in fact brought to our notice by our delegation. I think, therefore, that all the necessary procedures were set in motion immediately; complaints were lodged, etc. The whole mechanism responded as it should.
Of course, everything possible should be done to prevent fraud. But everything must also be done to prevent our entire system grinding to a halt in the process. I think the controls we have today are adequate and the financial rules are sufficiently precise and restrictive. I do not question them. Obviously we are in favour, I am in favour, of zero tolerance, but, if you will forgive me, there is, on the other hand, no such thing as zero risk.
Neither can we keep on increasing the number of controls, evaluations and audits over and over again, only to find in the end that no more projects are being implemented. Both humanitarian and development emergencies arise. You ask me for concrete measures, but you know what measures are deployed and, on the basis of the information I have, I am not in favour of creating additional measures.
The OLAF mechanism is completely independent and works well. Our delegations on the ground send back extremely important information, and even if we only have mere rumours, a rapid alert mechanism is put in place immediately. I think it would be difficult to do more. What we could still do, if you want a concrete measure, would be to keep our delegations well informed and to train them well, so that they are able to respond very quickly, be on constant alert and make the most of any information they may receive.
There you are; I am of course willing to discuss the matter and to revise my opinion, but I think there are already enough controls, especially so far as my portfolio is concerned. All these controls, evaluations, audits and obstacle courses seem to me to be amply sufficient and I am therefore rather reluctant to invent anything else."@en1
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