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"Madam President, here we are again. Year after year, nothing changes and European taxpayers’ money continues to be wasted. The stark truth is that in 2012, we are still being asked to grant discharge to accounts which the Court of Auditors has condemned. ECR MEPs believe that taxpayers have a right to expect their money will be spent properly, so today we will be voting against the discharge. In some areas, we have gone backwards in tackling mis-spending. The error rate in Structural Funds has increased significantly, which is particularly disappointing given the Commission’s rhetoric on improving the situation in regional policy. There has been a clear failure of oversight from the Commission so I am encouraged that the Committee on Budgetary Control accepted our proposal that there should be a full-time budgetary control commissioner in the next Commission term. Such an important role cannot be a part-time job if we are serious about protecting taxpayers’ money.
It is also good news that the committee agreed with us on refusing to grant discharge to three agencies, but we should not have granted discharge to any of the agencies until they could demonstrate responsible management of public money. In such a difficult time for the European economy, it is completely unacceptable that even a penny of taxpayers’ money is squandered."@en1
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