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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have three points to make. First of all, I should like to draw your attention to the amendments I have tabled in connection with the Mulder and Guidoni reports on the agency for reconstruction in the former Yugoslavia. When we visited Kosovo with an
delegation in February, we saw for ourselves the outstanding work that the reconstruction agency had carried out, and we should not simply disregard its expertise. Hence the request, certainly at this crucial juncture when Kosovo is likely to gain independence this year, not to phase out this agency straight away, but to do it gradually and apply the expertise to other conflict areas in the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan.
Secondly, with regard to Parliament’s discharge, I should like to make a point of underlining Mr Ferber’s excellent input. He has produced a sterling report. His draft report was even better than the report that was ultimately voted on by COCOBU, but it has to be said that there are new revelations which need investigating. This means that ultimately, we will need to vote against his report and against the granting of discharge. I would like to make it absolutely clear that this does not detract from Mr Ferber’s work or from COCOBU’s observations, but is a clearly precautionary measure in order to give ourselves six months to find out what exactly happened and hopefully, we, along with the city of Strasbourg, the French Government, the administration of this House, and with everyone involved, will be able to draw the conclusions in complete transparency.
My third point concerns the Committee of the Regions. I regret the fact that we did not, prior to the vote in committee, have a hearing with two auditors who would have attended at Mr Lundgren’s request and who would have put to us any irregularities and possible fraud. Instead, there is now in Parliament’s secret chamber a chunky, confidential document that suggests that something may be amiss. This too requires thorough investigation, and so I would ask not only my colleagues, but also this House as a whole, to vote against the Committee of the Regions’ discharge."@en1
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