Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-06-06-Speech-3-244"
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) The European Parliament certainly does not come cheap. The total cost – in excess of EUR 1.427 billion– is quite substantial, and it is imperative that all budget headings and allocations be clearly justified.
In this regard, however, the estimated revenues and expenses of the European Parliament in the 2008 budget year include a fair number of unknowns and are therefore something of a pig in a poke. In his report the rapporteur properly identified, I believe, some of the bottlenecks; by the same token, one can only agree that the extent of mopping-up transfers has been quite substantial.
In 2005 mopping-up transfers totalled EUR 124 million, while in 2006 they amounted to more than EUR 105 million. This is nearly 10% of all budget allocations. Parliament’s call for administrative bodies to estimate better the necessary allocations within expenditure groups is therefore certainly appropriate. I also warmly support the idea of developing a specific programme to raise awareness about the European Parliament’s activities by bringing small local media into the system. Such media are less gossip-prone and can properly inform citizens about decisions taken by European institutions, including the European Parliament."@en1
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