Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-04-22-Speech-3-315"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Jens Holm2
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lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I, too, would like to ask the same question, and that is where is the Council in this debate? It is, of course, the Council and its budget management that we are to scrutinise. I find it remarkable that no one from the Council is here at this point to answer our questions. We in the Committee on Budgetary Control, in particular our draftsman Mr Søndergaard, have put several question marks against the Council of Ministers’ management of its finances. We have pointed it out on numerous occasions, but have not received any satisfactory answers. Allow me to give two examples. In 2006, the Council spent EUR 12.6 million on travel. This money was intended to be used for interpretation. I would like to ask the Council a question, but if the Council cannot answer, perhaps the Commission can: where did the Council travel to in 2006? What do these EUR 12 million represent? The Council also has confidential accounts, so-called . The internal auditor has urged the Council to abolish these accounts, but without success. I would like to ask why this has not happened. How many such accounts are there alongside the budget? What do these accounts contain? Our job as Members of the European Parliament is to scrutinise the Council’s use of budget resources. This we do because we represent the taxpayers. The Council’s job is to answer our questions. We want answers to these questions now! What happened to these EUR 12 million? What do the confidential accounts contain? How many confidential accounts are there? If we do not receive a satisfactory response – which we have not done as yet – then we will not grant discharge to the Council tomorrow."@en1
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