Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-05-10-Speech-2-043-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-05-10"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110510.6.2-043-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-05-10-Speech-2-044-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Derk Jan Eppink2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Lijst Dedecker (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; BUDG (2010-09-22--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2011-01-17--2011-06-30)3 member; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; CONT (2009-07-21--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; PECH (2009-07-16--2011-07-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, it is a pleasure to see you here again. If I were to sum up the debate, my concluding point would be that the European Union actually has too large a budget. There is simply too much money floating around. We are not in a position where we are able to spend the money from the European Regional Fund wisely. A significant portion of it is being inappropriately spent. Those are the conclusions of the Court of Auditors. The same is true of the European Parliament’s budget. We have too much money. We are planning to spend money on vanity projects like the Museum of European History, the probable purpose of which will be to rewrite history. I am more inclined to call it a mausoleum for Mr Poettering, because, when I look at the photos, that is what it is slowly beginning to resemble. There is pressure on us to spend money, there is too much money floating around and we are not able to spend all that money. When I look at the Commission’s report on the 2010 budget, we see there are surplus appropriations, a surplus of EUR 194 billion, which we have not been able to spend yet. Madam President, when I saw you come in, I thought: you have come up whiter than white. In the Netherlands, we would say: you are a white tornado. Unfortunately, Mr Šemeta, I am not able to say that about the European Commission’s budget. Our budget was not whiter than white, but greyer than grey and darker than dark and I am very unhappy about that. Good luck with this, Madam President."@en1
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