Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-11-15-Speech-2-020"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Presentation of the Court of Auditors’ annual report – 20042
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051115.6.2-020"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-11-15-Speech-2-0212
lpv:speaker	lp:Hans-Peter Martin2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Liste Dr. Hans-Peter Martin - Für echte Kontrolle in Brüssel (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2005-09-08--2007-01-14)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-22--2007-03-13)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-10-13--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, what Europe could really do with, particularly under present circumstances, is a Court of Auditors like a dynamic tiger, prowling through the landscape and pouncing where necessary. This annual report, though, is yet more evidence that it is not, perhaps, really a predator, but rather a toothless creature sitting in a cage. It is toothless because it is impossible that such an institution should have teeth. If you compare the powers of the European Court of Auditors with those of its Bavarian counterpart, the two are worlds apart. I know of only one institution constituted as a Court of Auditors that is even worse equipped in terms of theoretical and practical powers than the European one, and that is the Audit Office in Vienna. Whenever discussion turns to how it might act transnationally, the constant refrain goes like this: ‘I can assure you that the Court of Auditors welcomes any debate on potential improvements to the audit procedure.’ What I suggest is that you should be constructive. Put out a memorandum in which you, the Court of Auditors, cannot really discharge your duties because you lack the powers, because there are things that you are not allowed to do, and because the way in which your staff are selected – which, politically speaking, is what makes everything happen – means that you are not in a position to perform your functions. Do that, and you really will be doing Europe a service. That would be a first step towards transparency and towards making monitoring possible, both of which we need if we are to help this Union of ours regain its credibility."@en1

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