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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000706.6.4-141"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-06-Speech-4-1422
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; CONT (2000-07-03--2001-09-02)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3
lpv:translated text	". Granting the European Commission discharge is anything but self-evident. In previous years, the financial irregularities were so extensive that the discharge had to be turned down, which led to the fall of the Santer Commission. This time, the discharge pertains to the 1998 budget, and it is a particularly hard nut to crack. That budget was entirely the responsibility of the previous Commission, but we are discussing it with the present Prodi Commission, which has started to adopt better management and examine incidents of fraud in the past. In the spring of this year, the EP was right in postponing the 1999 discharge in order to clarify matters further and make improvements. These clarifications have largely been given and improvements made, although a margin of serious error in excess of 5% is still frighteningly high. The mislaying of the report relating to the Commission meeting, during which the penalty in the Flèchard case was decimated, is nothing short of a mockery. The Committee on Budgetary Control endured an onslaught of harsh criticism by some and was at the same time given the benefit of the doubt by others. The circumstances surrounding the rapporteur’s explanation can be called embarrassing and harm the committee’s reputation. Faced with the need to finally make a decision on whether or not to grant discharge, we eventually gave the current European Commission the benefit of the doubt for 1998. It should, however, realise that this does not create a precedent for the 1999 discharge. The European Commission is partly responsible for this discharge and has also had the opportunity in the meantime to put its house in order. ***"@en1

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