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"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in the face of the financial crisis, enormous amounts of money are suddenly being freed up, including sums to ease the economic crisis. If I understand my colleagues correctly, we all also want to ensure that this money can flow.
I would like to tell the Commission, at this early stage, that we expect it to do its job. This means that the issue of regulating this money remains on the agenda. Therefore it is not possible for us to be satisfied with the work programme that the Commission has submitted for 2009. We are disappointed that this aspect of your work has not been the central focus. The Barroso Commission has achieved a lot with respect to this issue but it also makes it clear to us that it does not consider the subject important for 2009. I would like to advise you against this.
We are also disappointed that the Anti-Fraud Office is not being better equipped with a new legal basis. There is a risk that the Council will reach a deadlock as the 27 Member States can no longer come to an agreement on the subject of combating fraud. We also have expectations of the Commission in this regard, expectations which, after reading the work programme, do not seem to have been fulfilled.
We are also disappointed not to find more detailed information on the national statements. If we are exercising more freedom for expenditure on the one hand, we must also make sure that the Member States are subject to appropriate obligations.
What I do not understand is that the Barroso Commission does not want to develop and demonstrate its greatest success: the disclosure of the recipients of subsidies. Why are you not using this to disclose how EU money is being spent? Why are you not analysing whether we are actually achieving our political goals using the information gained from this data?
I believe that we are right to have high expectations of you, that we should expect more than has been presented in the legislative and work programme. However, you should definitely use our critical solidarity and our questions for further development."@en1
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