Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-15-Speech-4-133"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Structural Funds (1998)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000615.4.4-133"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-15-Speech-4-1342
lpv:speaker	lp:Emmanouil Mastorakis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, as someone with a local government background, I should like to stress the need for local government agencies to become more involved at all levels, particularly when programmes are being formulated and implemented. This is how the required partnership is implemented and integrated, provided of course that the Commission and the state are actively involved. I should also like to stress the need for greater coordination between European regional policy and other Community policies and between the Structural Funds and other funding mechanisms. I should like to use the short time available to me to stress how important it is to uphold the principle of additionality and express the view that, despite the development over time of verification methods, it is impossible to compare Member States on this issue, due to the lack of a common methodology. Thus, we cannot logically adopt a proposal to impose sanctions in cases of non-compliance with this principle until a legal base has been adopted and a common methodology agreed. The principle of additionality must be taken into serious account and I believe that the Member States and the Commission, in the light of forthcoming enlargement, will have to work together to draw up and adopt guidelines defining a more integrated approach to verifying the application of this principle, taking into account, of course, the particular economic situation in each Member State. In closing, I feel I must congratulate the rapporteur on his comprehensive report and stress the fact that on the whole, the implementation of the programmes financed by the various funds was on the right track in 1998, the year covered by the report and a good year overall, in which the relative delays of previous years were recouped. Only when it came to monitoring interventions was 1998 a poor year. There seems to be a problem with this generally, perhaps due to a lack of staff, and the Commission must ensure that it takes the measures needed to ensure that the implementation of European policies continues to be monitored."@en1

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