Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-05-16-Speech-2-063"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-05-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Protecting the Communities’ financial interests and the fight against fraud2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000516.4.2-063"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-05-16-Speech-2-0642
lpv:speaker	lp:Helmut Kuhne2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this is just the sort of issue which gives rise to lofty declarations. But I should like to go into a few points which, as far as I am concerned, are relatively unclear. Problem number one: every year the media present the refusal to issue a declaration of assurance as an indication of the alleged or actual state of corruption in EU finances. At the same time, however, both the Court of Auditors and the Council of Ministers grant this refusal to issue a declaration of assurance the status of a mere water-level report, while we here in Parliament and the media see it as an indication of the poor state of the Union’s finances. I think we need to amend and clarify the basis of the matters about which we are talking. Otherwise we shall find ourselves in a situation in which every year we regularly and hence permanently, as it were, negligently cast an air of general suspicion over the state of EU finances, if this state of affairs is allowed to continue. Problem number two: of course further investigation may show that some financial irregularities are in fact cases of fraud. Nonetheless, these two points need to be kept apart both in terms of how they are defined and how they are measured, because otherwise they will both be lumped together and this will give the impression of a huge level of fraud which is not justified to that extent. Problem number three: clearly – and I am grateful to Mr Bösch for pointing this out – the findings of the Court of Auditors differ from those of the Commission as to the extent of financial irregularity which has occurred in relations between the agricultural budget and the Structural Funds. Clearly there are measuring problems, statistical problems which we must solve so that we know what we are talking about when we start investigations or conduct further investigations."@en1

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