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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011023.6.2-103"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-23-Speech-2-1042
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 substitute; CONT (2001-09-03--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 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3
lpv:translated text	". We have voted on these nine re-appointed and newly appointed members of the Court of Auditors with mixed feelings. The EP’s role in this instance is marginal, since the Council is the designated institution. We endorse this distribution of tasks in accordance with the Treaty. However, the quality of the candidates should be paramount in the EP’s verdict. We were bitterly disappointed in this respect, both in terms of some of the Member States and in terms of the majority of the Committee on Budgetary Control. A few candidates are, in our opinion, clearly not up to the task and, in one instance, do not even meet the Treaty requirements. A Member State that puts forward a candidate simply on the basis of a long political career, without the relevant candidate having qualifications in the area of accounts, should hang its head in shame. But also in other areas, the level of candidates was very diverse. For such a post with high accountability and a huge significance for community funds, only heavyweights in the financial-political arena should be put forward. Since this has not happened in a few cases, we have given some the benefit of the doubt, but we were unable to give the weakest candidates our vote."@en1

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