Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-11-22-Speech-4-055-500"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-11-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Presentation of the Court of Auditors’ annual report - 2011 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121122.7.4-055-500"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-11-22-Speech-4-057-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Franz Obermayr2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2012-02-13--2014-06-30)3 substitute; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; IMCO (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2012-03-29--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"It is shameful that the Court of Auditors, for the 18 time in succession, cannot give a positive assessment of the management of EU funds. Most errors have, once again, occurred in the largest areas of expenditure, namely agriculture and cohesion. Once again, the Court of Auditors has uncovered the blind spots in the EU’s cohesion policy. Vast amounts of funding have bypassed their original target. The Court of Auditors’ report is, therefore, hardly a glowing testimonial for the Commissioner for Regional Policy, Dr Johannes Hahn. Like many Austrians, I would have expected Dr Hahn to take steps to correct this unhappy situation, instead of making the error rate worse. In the context of the Cohesion Fund, for example, not even one payment in five was correct in 2011, whereas the previous year, at least it was ‘only’ one in four! The amount of funds not paid out also reached record highs, even though some Member States are funding their projects entirely from the EU. In difficult economic times, the EU needs efficient investments. Turning on the financial taps is not enough, however. As regards Greece in particular, the Commissioner should dispense with this creed. In Greece, a great deal of money trickles away into dubious channels due to a lack of structural reforms; even Dr Hahn has admitted that billions of euros have failed to reach their intended target due to the inefficiency of the Greek authorities."@en1

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