Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-11-20-Speech-4-061"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Investigations conducted by the European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081120.4.4-061"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-11-20-Speech-4-0622
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Claeys2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2004-11-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; NA (2007-11-14--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, it is very important for the European Union to have an efficient and well-developed anti-fraud office, all the more so given how much budgets are increasing and foreign aid growing, without it always being possible to monitor effectively whether the deployed means are spent wisely. I think that public opinion, the tax payer in other words, often questions this, with good reason. This report contains a large number of sound proposals and I for one will be endorsing it, even though I believe that more thought should be given to OLAF’s independence. OLAF is a Directorate-General of the European Commission, and the political responsibility rests with the Vice-President of the Commission. Operationally and in terms of research, the office is independent, but this hybrid status is potentially problematic, to say the least. I am convinced that independent status could only reinforce the office’s clout."@en1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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