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Azzolini (UPE), ordfører for udtalelse fra Udvalget om Regionalpolitik - (TF) Hr. formand, jeg kan kun erklære mig enig med hr. Malerba, også fordi Udvalget om Regionalpolitik har forstået, at Revisionsretten kunne gå
Azzolini (UPE), draftsman of the opinion of the Commit tee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning. - (LT) Mr President, I can only agree with what Mr Malerba has said, not least because the Committee on Regional Policy
Azzolini ind i et så strengt politisk spørgsmål.
First there is the question of why the Commission is still making the same mistakes.
Revisionsretten har med rette afsløret misligholdelser og utilstrækkeligheder på proceduremæssigt plan, men ville, som jeg allerede har nævnt i Udvalget om Regionalpolitik, have gjort bedre i tilstrækkeligt at advisere Kommissionen, førend man nå ede bunden, og sanktionere misligholdelser og andre uregelmæssigheder i Den Europæiske Unions ånd og følgelig efter en form for teori om forbundne kar.
objected to the Court of Auditors becoming involved in what is a strictly political matter. The Court of Auditors rightly noted breaches and inegularities in procedures, but as I have already stated before the Committee on Regional Policy, it would have done better to draw the matter to the Commission's attention in the appropriate way before reaching the point of sanctioning breaches of procedures and other inegularities - this being in the spirit of the European Union and hence according to a kind of theory of communicating vessels.
Revisionsretten har rigtigt nok pligt til at gå frem på denne måde, men det hører absolut ikke ind under dens kompetence at gå ind i et udpræget politisk spørgsmål.
The Court of Auditors certainly has the duty to proceed along those lines, but it is completely outside its powers to intervene in a purely political matter.
Men der rejser sig for os også dette spørgsmål: Vi udarbejder en betænkning om Revisionsrettens beretning, det er rigtigt.
Then again, we believe that there is another question. We are drafting a report about the report of the Court of Auditors, admittedly.
Men Revisionsretten retter bebrejdelser mod Kommissionen og private organisationer.
But the Court of Auditors is criticizing the Commission and private organizations.
Kommissionen har lang tid til at forsvare sig selv i en nøje fastlagt procedure, den gør det mundtligt, dens svar offentliggøres skriftligt i EFT, den kan forsvare sig i udvalget.
The Com mission has, for a long time now, had to justify its actions by means of a strictly defined procedure: it does so orally, its answers are published in writing in the Official Journal, and it is able to justify its actions in committee.
Men hvorfor hører vi egentlig aldrig de andre?
But why do we never hear what the others have to say?
Okay, vi har ikke arbejdet på den måde, det erkender jeg. Men har det derfor nødvendigvis været rigtigt?
I admit, naturally, that we have not always worked in this way, but does that mean that this was right?
Er det nødvendigvis rigtigt?
Must it be right?
Har kun den ene part mulighed for at forklare, hvad der er sket, og den anden ikke?
Does only one party have the opportunity to explain what happened, while the others do not?
Det er et spørgsmål, og det løser vi ikke i dag, men jeg vil alligevel gerne bringe det på bane.
This is a question that we shall not solve today, but I wanted to raise it, nevertheless.
Vor vanskelighed ligger i at leve med udsætteisen og følgelig en udtynding af indholdet af et engagement, som Unionen tværtimod burde lægge vægt på at forbedre inden for rammerne af Middelhavspolitikken.
What we have difficulty with is seeing a commitment postponed, and therefore broadened in content, which the Union should, on the contrary, be accentuating and refining within the context of Euro-Meditenanean policy.
Vi er følgelig af den opfattelse, at alle de nødvendige justeringer bør foretages, men også at MED-programmerne skal intensiveres og gennemføres hurtigt.
We therefore take the view that all the necessary measures should be adopted, but also that the MED programmes should be reinforced and implemented quickly.
Vi vil ikke lade os diktere, hvordan vi behandler tingene, det er det ene punkt.
We shall not let other people tell us how to manage things; that is one thing.
Vi vil nøje overveje, hvad vi gør, hvorfor vi gør det, og hvordan vi gør det.
We shall consider carefully what we are doing, why we are doing it and how we are doing it.
Vi vil være meget mere forsigtige og meget mere kritiske efter hele denne proces.
We shall emerge from this whole process much more careful and very much more critical.
Vi er blevet bevidste, ikke kun hvad angår UCLAF's afhængighed eller uafhængighed.
We have been sensitized, and not only as regards the dependence or independence of UCLAF.
Denne for handling har vist os, at vi skal gøre os tanker om vor egen rolle.
This debate has shown us that we must reflect our own role.
Vi skal måske være mere selvbevidste, vil skal være mere kritiske over for vort eget arbejde.
We must perhaps be more self-aware, and we must be more critical of our own work.
Men der er én ting, der er klar: Diskussionen er ikke afsluttet, vi vil tage den op, og ikke kun i forbindelse med MED-programmerne, det er kun et enkelt eksempel. Der vil komme meget, meget mere.
One thing, however, is clear: the discussion has not ended, because we shall take it up again, and not only with regard to the MED programmes.
Den pris, der betales for, at vi i dag eller i morgen under afstemningen frigiver program merne, vil være en særdeles intensiv undersøgelse af, hvordan Kommissionen behandler disse ting.
The price that will have to be paid for the fact that we give the go-ahead for these pro grammes today or tomonow will be a very intensive investigation of how the Commission handles these things.
Wemheuer (PSE). - (DE) Hr. formand, mine damer og herrer, vi behandler i dag og stemmer i morgen om Fabra Vallés-betænkningen.
Wemheuer (PSE). - (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we are discussing today, and voting on tomorrow, the report by our colleague, Mr Fabra Vallés.
Denne betænkning havde for kort tid siden overskriften »interimsbetænkning«. Jeg under streger det udtrykkeligt her og helt forsætligt.
Until a short time ago, this report still bore the title 'Interim Report', and I wish to emphasize that point quite explicitly and deliberately.
Nu er det af forvaltningstekniske grunde, som jo er hævet over alt, ikke engang muligt for os at kalde en interimsbetænkning en »interimsbetænkning«.
Now, it seems, for administrative reasons, to which everything is subject, that we are no longer allowed to call an interim report an 'Interim Report'.
Og derfor siger jeg det her: Det er en interimsbetænkning!
Therefore I shall say it here: it is an interim report!
Og der er forhåbentlig ingen, der trøster sig med, at vi træffer en beslutning i morgen, og så er sagen ude af verden.
And nobody here should console themselves with the thought that tomonow we shall take a decision and then the matter will be removed from the table.
Den er hverken ude af verden eller glemt og da slet ikke fejet ind under gulvtæppet. pet.
That would have a crucial effect in raising the level of the Commission's credibility!
Theato (PPE). - (DE) Hr. formand, mine damer og herrer, to minutters taletid er kort tid, derfor vil jeg nøjes med at komme ind på to spørgsmål i denne vigtige betænkning af hr. Fabra Vallés, som jeg i øvrigt komplimenterer mange gange for hans indgående arbejde.
Theato (PPE). - (DE) Mr President ladies and gentlemen, two minutes' speaking time is not a lot, and therefore I should just like to examine two points with regard to this important report by Mr Fabra Vallés, whom I should like, moreover, to congratulate most warmly on his hard work.
Men jeg vil også gerne takke fru Wemheuer for den diskussion, som må tages op eller videreføres i udvalget vedrørende hele denne problemstilling.
I should also, however, like to thank Mrs Wemheuer for the discussion that took place in our committee on this whole series of problems, a discussion that will have to be continued.
Jeg støtter hende her.
I support here views on the subject.
Hvis man opmærksomt læser beslutningen, som vi vil støtte, vil man finde tilstrækkelige tilkendegivelser af, hvordan og på hvilken måde udvalget, Budgetkontroludvalget, og dermed Parlamentet vil behandle det hele.
If we examine carefully the resolution that we are about to approve, we can find plenty of hints to indicate how and in what way the relevant committee, the Committee on Budgetary Control, and thus the Parliament, will deal with matters.
Vi støtter det i dag, inden sommerpausen, alene af den grand, at MED-programmerne kan frigives, for at man omsider hjælper dem, som er mindst skyld i det, der her er mislykkedes som følge af slendrian, forkert ledelse, og hvad det end må have været, dette vil jeg geme udtrykke ligt understrege her.
We are agreeing with the committee today, before the summer break, for the sole reason that this will enable the MED programmes to go ahead, so that at last those people can be helped who are least able to do anything about what has been made a complete mess of here, as a result of sloppiness and mismanagement, and I would like to make that point emphatically here.
Det er dem, vi ønsker at hjælpe, det er dem, vi ønsker at imødekomme. Og derfor accepterer vi denne betænkning!
We want to help those people, we want to cooperate with them, and that is why we are approving this report.
Med hensyn til spørgsmålene: For det første skal Kommissionen med denne betænkning på grandlag af Revisionsrettens særberetning forpligtes til omhyggeligt at under søge de påviste tungtvejende mangler i den decentrale forvaltning af MED-programmerne og frem for alt af hjælpe påviste sammenblandinger af interesser. Fælles skabsmidler, der er udbetalt uberettiget, skal tilbagebetales til EU-kassen.
Now for the points I wish to raise: firstly, does this report, based on the special report by the Court of Auditors, mean that the Commission is now in a position to examine carefully the serious inegularities that have emerged in the decentralized administration of the MED programmes, and in particular to put a stop to the conflicts of interest
Theato iværksatte foranstaltninger - og hermed menes også disciplinære foranstaltninger - til sin tid forhåbentlig med gode resultater.
It is therefore important that we should approve this report by Mr Fabra, because in six months' time the Commission is due to report to us again on the measures it has introduced - and that includes disciplinary measures as well.
Det er korrekt, at Kommissionen ikke havde og stadig ikke har midlerne til at sikre en korrekt forvaltning af finansieringen af MED-programmerne, der blev iværksat i juli 1992.
It is true that the Commission did not, and still does not, have the resources for the conect management of the financing of the MED operations initiated in July 1992.
Men da MED-programmerne blev vedtaget, kunne Kommissionen have krævet, at Rådet stillede tilstrækkelige midler til rådighed i form af menneskelige og økonomiske ressourcer, så de kunne gennemføres, og hvis Rådet nægtede dette, havde den mulighed for at nægte at påtage sig det tunge ansvar for en forvaltning, der uomtvisteligt ville føre til nederlag.
But the Commission, at the time the MED programmes were adopted, was entitled to ask, if not demand, that the Council should provide the necessary human and financial resources to implement those programmes satisfactorily; and, if the Council refused that demand, the Commission had the option of refusing the heavy responsibility of a management that was inevitably doomed to failure.
Hvorfor udviste den ikke det mod og klarsyn, som man med rette kan forvente af den, når det drejer sig om offentlige midler?
Why did the Commission not demonstrate the courage and lucidity that the public had a right to expect from it since, I would remind you, we are talking about public funds?
Og hvad skal vi gøre nu?
And what can be done now?
Som det andet aspekt vil jeg gerne understrege det, som hr. Fabra Vallés siger i punkt 10 i beslutningsforslaget, hvori Budgetkontroludvalget opfordrer til, at EU får en uafhængig bedrageribekæmpelsesenhed.
The second aspect that I should like to emphasize is what Mr Fabra Vallés says in Point 10 of his motion for a resolution, in which the Committee on Budgetary Control demands that the EU should have its own independent antifraud unit.
Betoningen lig ger på ordet »uafhængig«, da vi jo allerede har en bedrageribekæmpelsesenhed.
The emphasis is on the word 'independent', because we already have an antifraud unit.
Denne bedrageribekæmpelsesenhed, UCLAF, udfører et godt og vellykket stykke arbejde.
This antifraud unit, UCLAF, does some good and successful work.
Jeg minder blot om afsløringen af de nylige bedragerier med BSE-kød.
I would just remind you of the exposure of the recent deceptions that were practised with regard to BSE meat.
Men den udsætter sig jo næsten automatisk for at blive anklaget for partiskhed, da den jo er integreret i Kommissionen.
However, it is almost inevitable that it will be accused of being biased, because it is part of the Commission.
Den udsætter sig også for den risiko, at man enten anklager den for at bagatellisere hele sagen for i mindst mulig grad at mindske Kommissionens anseelse, eller at man anklager den for især at argumentere til skade for de eksterne rådgivere og iværksætte foranstaltninger.
It is also exposed to the risk that it will be accused either of playing down the whole affair in order to damage the Commission's reputation as little as possible, or, above all, of arguing against and introducing measures to the detriment of the external advisers.
Vi skal naturligvis vedtage min kollegas, hr. Fabra Vallés' betænkning, der, som han selv siger, er et skoleeksempel, men jeg mener, at vi i endnu højere grad skal kræve foranstaltninger og sanktioner - ud over de sædvanlige ord.
Of course we must adopt Mr Fabra Valles's report which, as he says himself, is a textbook case. But it seems to me that we need to do more than talk - we need to demand action and penalties.
Det er op til Kommissionen så hurtigt som muligt at formulere forsalg til en reform for at sætte MED-programmerne tilbage på sporet, og det er op til os at vurdere Kommissionen på grundlag af, hvad den gør.
It is a matter for the Commission, and a matter of urgency, to draw up proposals for reform to get the MED programmes back on the right road, and it will be a matter for us to judge the Commission by its acts.
Derfor har vi her brug for uafhængighed såvel som en mulighed for at kunne iværksætte strafferetlige foranstaltninger, som så gennemføres af de nationale domstole, med henblik på at sætte en stopper for det forfærdende omfang af misbrug og bedragerier i forbindelse med EU-midler..
Once again I should like to thank the rapporteur for his hard work within the committee, and I should also like to thank the secretariat of the Committee on Budgetary Control.
Mulder (ELDR). - (NL) Hr. formand, allerførst vil jeg gerne lykønske ordføreren. Der er efter min mening udført et glimrende stykke arbejde.
Mulder (ELDR). - (NL) Mr President I should like to begin by congratulating the rapporteur, who I believe has done an excellent job.
Det er endnu en gang én af de typiske sager, som gør Parlamentet stor ære, for det er netop op til Europa-Parlamentet også at undersøge den slags sager til bunds.
This is another of those typical cases where Parliament can take a good deal of credit, because it is indeed up to the European Parliament to get to the bottom of this kind of issue.
Giansily (UPE). - (FR) Hr. formand, i dag taler vi igen om svig, mens vi afventer den vigtige forhandling i september om Kommissionens årsberetning og arbejdsprogrammet vedrørende bekæmpelse af svig.
Giansily (UPE). - (FR) Mr President, here we are once again talking about fraud, while we await the important debate planned for next September on the Commission's annual report and working programme for the campaign against fraud.
Jeg vil på Det Europæiske Liberale og Demokratiske Partis Gruppes vegne gerne give udtryk for, at den slags hændelser ikke må kaste en skygge over nogen form for hjælpeprogrammer.
On behalf of the Liberal Group, I should like to make it clear that this sort of incident must not cast a shadow over any kind of aid programmes.
Disse hjælpeprogrammer er nødvendige i Middelhavsområdet og hvor i verden, det end måtte være.
These aid programmes are needed in the Meditenanean and elsewhere in the world.
Når der tales om decentralisering, og den er i sig selv heller ikke dårlig, den skal finde sted, så er det altid vigtigt at have en adskillelse af magten her.
When we talk about decentralization - which is not a bad thing in itself, and it needs to happen - it is also always important for there to be a separation of powers.
Dem, der står for udførelsen, må ikke kontrollere sig selv, det skal foretages af et uafhængigt kontor.
Those responsible for implementation must not monitor them selves: it must be done by an independent bureau.
Med vor kollegas, hr. Fabra Vallés', betænkning om forvaltningen eller rettere den manglende forvaltning af MEDprogrammerne undersøger vi i dag en situation, som blandt andet kan karakteriseres ved, at den er latterlig.
This time, assisted by Mr Fabra Vallés's report, we are looking at the management, or rather the nonmanagement, of the MED programmes. One of the peculiarities of this situation is that its excesses border on the absurd.
Jeg indrømmer, at den komplekse fællesskabslovgivning og spredningen af ansvaret for udgifterne mellem de mange offentlige og private organer, der har fået tildelt gennem førelsen for programmerne, i høj grad øger risikoen for svig.
I freely admit that the complexity of Community legislation and the scattering of responsibilities for spending over the numerous public and private bodies responsible for implementing the programmes make fraud very much easier.
Og det er netop, hvad der er sket med et program, som vor gruppe i høj grad er tilhænger af, og som virkelig ikke behøvede at fylde avisspalterne af den grund.
Well, unfortunately, that is what is happening with a programme in which our group has a keen interest, a programme which really should never have made the headlines for this kind of reason.
For der er ting, der kan accepteres, og så der ting, der ikke kan.
Because there are things that are acceptable and things that are not.
Jeg vil også geme støtte tanken om den sorte liste over kontorer for faglig bistand og de mange navneændringer, som optræder, hvorved det tit forekommer, at kontorer, som foretager undersøgelsen til forberedelse af projektudbuddet, også kan indskrive på det.
I would also support the idea of a black list of consultants with the many changes of name that take place, often meaning that bureaux which carry out the study prior to the invitation to tender for a project are also able to submit a tender.
Alle den slags uklarheder skal efter min mening undgås i fremtiden.
To my mind, all such lack of transparency must be avoided in the future.
Jeg ser da også med stor interesse frem til Kommissionens rapport om seks måneder, så vi endelig kan godkende Kommissionens politik.
I therefore look forward with great interest to the report which the Commission is to present within six months, so that we can finally approve the Commission's policy.
Tragisk, fordi projekterne som regel er forløbet godt. Et eksempel: I Köln findes der en filmproducent, som opbygger et projekt til en tv- og filmstation i Palæstina. Et superprojekt! Dette projekt er i fare, og dette, det skal siges helt klart, bærer De og hele Kommissionen ansvaret for.
It is tragic because the projects have usually been well run.
Det, der ikke kan accepteres, kære kolleger, er, at Kom missionen, efter at have fået kendskab til den knusende beretning fra Revisionsretten om forvaltningen af MED-programmerne, som påviste mange uregelmæssigheder og alvorlige mangler, ikke har besluttet at indlede en administrativ undersøgelse, og at de retlige myndigheder i med lemsstaterne ikke hidtil har taget noget som helst initiativ.
Fabre-Aubrespy (I-EDN). - (FR) Mr President, the report before us today is an important one, important because the facts it sets out, linked to the use made by the Commission of the budgetary appropriations for the MED programmes, are particularly serious. I fear that the rapporteur, Mr Fabra Vallés, in his efforts to find excuses for the Commission at any cost, may ultimately be suggesting that we should in part abandon the fundamental role of Parliament - a role which I would prefer to see strength ened - by which I mean monitoring the proper use of Community funds.
Selvom det forholder sig sådan, at 10 ud af 16 kontrakter om faglig bistand ikke har været genstand for en indkaldelse af tilbud, hvilket har kostet os 170 000 ecu.
In Committee, I asked you several times how it couid happen that the Commission could allow a boursebypassing transaction to run for three years, without there being any possibility of exposing it.
Og alligevel har Kommissionen uddelegeret sin kompetence til agenturet uden et klart retsgrundlag og uden principbeslutning på området.
How is it possible, then, to carry out checks on how resources are used, if you do not have any mechanisms within the Commission for uncovering such honendous mistakes?
Den kunne lige så godt have givet carte blanche til de eksterne rådgivere, som både har fungeret som dommer og anklaget.
As far as I am concerned, that is still the crucial question, regardless of who has what responsibility in detail.
Mit sigte er ikke at udfærdige et anklageskrift mod Kommissionen, som ofte uretfærdigt - men meget be kvemt, må vi jo indrømme - udpeges til syndebuk for de problemer og misforhold i Fællesskabet, som også skyldes
As a result of their dual status, those directors were also able to participate in the negotiating of contracts concluded with themselves, and in the preparation of projects which they were then instructed to implement by the Commission, and to have access to documents which they should never have been able to obtain.
Jeg spurgte Dem flere gange i udvalget, hvordan det kan være, at Kommissionen i mere end tre år lader en sammenblanding af interesser finde sted, uden at der findes en eller anden mulighed for at afsløre det.
I have always insisted that the Commission should not take on a single official more than necessary, that it should be rigorous, that even the engage ment of category C officials should be monitored.
Hertil svarede De: Jeg kan jo ikke gøre for, hvis en ansat, som begår en fejl i forvaltningen, ikke frivilligt kommer til mig og selv afslører sin fejl.
So, Mr Fabra Vallés, we must on this occasion denounce the Commission's management methods in the matter of decentralized cooperation.
Jeg mener, at De har ret her, men jeg finder det dog påfaldende, at De i Kommissionen åbenbart overhovedet ikke har nogen ide om, hvordan
In so doing, we will be able to determine whether the course we have followed in this or other projects is right, not least because, in my view, we do not give the Commission sufficient in-house staff to tackle this kind of programme themselves.
Hvordan skal det egentlig være muligt at gennemføre en kontrol af anvendelsen af midler, når De internt i Kommissionen ikke har nogen mekanismer til i det helt taget at afsløre sådanne horrible fejl?
It is particularly regrettable that in this case the crucial enor happened in Brussels, and the fact that the competent Commission department was under a great deal of pressure, as regards both time and expectations, is absolutely unacceptable as an excuse.
Dette er for mig fortsat det afgørende spørgsmål, helt uafhængigt af, hvem der i de enkelte tilfælde har hvilket ansvar. Dette bærer De ansvaret for, og dette skal der rettes op på!
If such an excuse was acceptable, then inegularities in practically all private and public management activities would remain com pletely hidden, because pressures of time and expectations are an everyday feature of the global market.