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"Mr President, I take a very sceptical view of direct budget support, because I believe that it can encourage the trade in weapons, for example. Something that I would like to draw people’s attention to is the notion that there should be tighter scrutiny of the EU’s budget as a whole, but also of aid and this budget support, and these processes should be more transparent, so that people know what their money is being spent on.
It would be interesting to know if the Commission has thought about whether every month on the Internet there should be information available to the public concerning the results achieved by the financial assistance which the EU provides. I believe that it would help people to be more vigilant and more obliging, because they would know that their money is reaching its destination. Now, unfortunately, it does not all get to where it is supposed to, by any means: it is subject to abuse and corruption, and it is used to buy arms. I would propose that each month the EU starts to post on the Internet the results of what has been achieved through development aid."@en1
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