Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-14-Speech-2-231"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Legislative and work programme of the Commission for 2007 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061114.36.2-231"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-14-Speech-2-2322
lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Hatzidakis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2007-09-18)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2007-09-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2007-02-14)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, there is a tendency for all speakers to consider their issue as the most important in the debate. As we are talking about the European Commission's legislative and work programme, I wish to say – as I shall be referring to regional development – that we shall not have very important issues to debate next year. This year we passed the legislation and the major challenge for the European Commission is for this legislation to be applied correctly. We need to start the application of programmes promptly, so that the appropriations are taken up and, more importantly, European taxpayers' money is used for the benefit of social and economic cohesion. This is the major endeavour and Parliament wants to participate actively in this endeavour, which we must jointly make together with the Member States and the regions. We shall be present, therefore, to control what the European Commission is doing. Within this framework, the fourth report on cohesion which the European Commission is to present and which we are awaiting will obviously also be important. Within the framework of the purely legislative initiative, there is the question of the Solidarity Fund; in other words, the fund which covers problems which arise from natural and technological disasters. Here we have finished the first reading, but there is an unjustified delay in the Council. The old regulation is out of date and the European Union needs to demonstrate its solidarity in the areas affected, especially when we are talking about major disasters, because that is how it gets closer to its citizens. The Commission, therefore, needs to stand by Parliament. We need together to convince the Council which, for some reason – perhaps because the Ministers of Finance, who are competent, do not want to give any more money – does not understand the need for us to proceed further. We are therefore waiting for tangible proof from the European Commission."@en1

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