Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-05-10-Speech-4-044-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-05-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Discharge 2010 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120510.9.4-044-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-05-10-Speech-4-045-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; BUDG (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; ENVI (2012-01-23--2014-06-30)3 member; CONT (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Democraten 66 (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to ask who among you personally knows Professor McGlade, the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA)? I am asking that because most of you are on the verge of calling her integrity into serious doubt. This is the case despite the fact that, year in year out, the EEA has been viewed as an example of how an agency ought to be managed, despite the fact that, year in year out, the European Court of Auditors has stated that everything is fine with the EEA, and despite the fact that the EEA itself has refuted all the allegations or has shown that they simply are not true. Postponing discharge is nothing more than a political motion of no-confidence against the current director. To be perfectly honest with you, the only conflict of interest that I see in Professor McGlade is the one between her incredible commitment to the agency of twenty hours per day and her personal health. That is the only real conflict. The lack of any grounds for the postponement of discharge for the EEA makes me wonder if there might be a hidden agenda here. Might the EEA be too strong? Might Professor McGlade be too good a director? I hope that is not the case and I therefore make an urgent appeal, especially to the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), to stop chasing shadows and to just grant discharge to the European Environment Agency, which it is entitled to."@en1
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