Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-26-Speech-3-184"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Discharges for the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"lt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060426.15.3-184"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-26-Speech-3-1852
lpv:speaker	lp:Margarita Starkevičiūtė2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Liberalų ir centro sąjunga (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; BUDG (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"I would like to discuss the report on the agencies' budget implementation. It must be stressed that the endorsement of their financial accounts only reflects the agencies' financial situation, but in order to comprehensively assess the use of agency funds, an audit of the activities of these agencies must be carried out. After all, the agencies must spend the money appropriately. At the moment, when reading the audit report, it is completely unclear why one agency was able to carry out several checks in places, and another just a few. Why in one agency there is one particular employee ratio involved in administrative and operational activities, and in another agency there is a different one. All of this, in particular the auditors' certification that part of the budget is to be carried over to next year, indicates that the agencies are not managing funds effectively. Therefore, I would like to propose that the European Court of Auditors debate the possibility of broadening its special annual reports on the agencies and of including in these a ‘cost-benefit’ analysis of the agencies' activities. I dare doubt whether institutions with activities like agencies, that is they are not accountable to anyone, are characteristic of an EU which promotes democratic values. Mr Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, often comes to my Committee – on Economy – to respond to questions posed by Members of the European Parliament. He is accountable via MEPs to the citizens of the European Union. However, the heads of the agencies are not accountable to anyone, and in its answers to the European Court of Auditors' comments on faults found, the Commission points out that it can only help agencies to solve these problems, but the agencies themselves have to decide whether or not they will implement the auditors' recommendations. I believe that they ought to be accountable to the appropriate committees in the European Parliament."@en1

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