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"Madam President, I am rapporteur for the granting of a discharge for the European Parliament 2010 budget. As always when assessing the European Parliament for a given year, it is tempting to deal with a wider range of issues than the financial year in question. I would like to state clearly that we are focusing on the financial year 2010, while bearing in mind that this was the first year in which the European Parliament acted within the framework of the Treaty of Lisbon. It was also the first year in which we had assistants employed under a different status than before, and it was the first year in which we had a full base year.
I would like to admit right at the outset that there were no large accruals or deferrals during this first year, which was progress as compared to 2009. Nevertheless, the European Court of Auditors still highlighted three areas where additional solutions and supplementary information are required.
The first is the question of payments for groups visiting Parliament. We must be careful in this respect, since the system has to work. Secondly, improvements in the purchasing control system. Thirdly and finally, better documentation in human resources management in the European Parliament.
As Members of the European Parliament, we, too, pointed out some areas where savings should be made, especially during the present crisis. In addition, as rapporteur, I have put forward sixteen relevant amendments.
We would like to suggest that savings could firstly be made by abolishing the Journalist Award, which was proposed in 2009. We would request that this proposal be acted on. Secondly, we would like to point out that construction costs for the visitor centre are overrunning the budget set. We would also like to point out that much more detailed information is needed as regards planned expenditure on European Parliament buildings, even though 2010 showed clearly that the construction and ownership of its own buildings is a cheaper option for the European Parliament than rental.
Security in Parliament is another specific package of proposals and solutions that we consider in this report. We note the progress made and the increased efficiency of translation, especially written translation. Clear progress has been made in this area, although much can be done within Parliament to improve the timeliness of requests.
Two areas that still require improvement are our internal travel agency, where we would ask for more analysis to be carried out in terms of the relationship between quality and the price that we pay for the service. We note improvements in the area of the IT system and we would like to point out that only 5.6% of the entire EU administration budget is spent on the European Parliament. Nevertheless, we could make improvements even within this 5.6%. 2010 has shown that progress has been made and that our institution’s work has become more efficient. I would like to thank all my fellow Members and the Secretary-General for their effective cooperation as well as the European Court of Auditors and our internal auditor for the results that we have achieved together."@en1
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