Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-04-24-Speech-2-043"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-04-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Discharge for the financial year 2005 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070424.4.2-043"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-04-24-Speech-2-0442
lpv:speaker	lp:Kyösti Virrankoski2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Japan (2007-03-14--2007-04-25)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2007-07-19)3 member; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the administration of EU funds is quite an awkward task. If the budget is to be implemented effectively there need to be clear legal instruments and a clear division of labour. There is room for improvement in both these areas. Moreover, EU funds, as we know, are mainly managed by the national authorities. There does not seem to be any progress being made in the simplification of legislation. Whilst the number of old regulations is being trimmed down, new ones are constantly being drafted. People are lured by meticulous micromanagement and nobody ventures to delegate decision-making downwards. This has led and is leading to an ever greater need for supervision. At least at the level of the law EU funds are controlled most stringently. On the other hand, the amount of supervision undertaken does not necessarily improve its quality or the way it is managed. Frequently, too much supervision only slows down and paralyses operations. For example, private companies are more unwilling now to participate in EU Structural Funds projects because they are so very bureaucratic. That is why it is good that such institutions as the Court of Auditors have begun to pay closer attention to the quality rather than to the amount of supervision that goes on. Budget supervision requires a clearer division of responsibilities. The responsibility that a holder of office has should be absolutely clear. The system should not be too hierarchical. Collective accountability is not accountability at all. For that reason, financial supervision goes hand in hand with simplification of the laws and clarification of the responsibilities of office holders."@en1

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