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Vi må nu handle ikke blot for vores institutioners leve dygtighed på langt sigt men også for Parlamentets troværdighed. Vi må have modet til at påtage os vores ansvar baseret på kendsgerninger, som vi ligger inde med. Husk på, at når De alle stemmer i morgen, bør De tænke på dem, der stemte på Dem, og som ville være for et folkets Europa.
Not only are the substantive issues serious enough to justify not doing so, but the real truth is that the Commission is incapable of undertaking these re forms by itself.
Jeg beder indtrængende Parlamentet om ikke at give decharge for gennemførelsen af budgettet for 1996.
They cannot succeed without the active support of our Parliament.
Udvalgets konklusioner er udarbejdet med det formål at etablere et arbejdsprogram for Kommissionen for de næste 12 måneder, der kan sikre en betydelig ændring og modernisering af Kommissionen inden 1. januar 2000.
It is true that, following my report of April 1998, the number of staff working on the reconstruction of Bosnia was increased considerably.
Er det acceptabelt, at visse stillinger forbliver ubesatte, un dertiden i årevis, mens der ventes på det passende kabinetsmedlem?
The Commission is endeavouring to improve matters locally.
Er det passende, at visse kabinetter udser sig en række lukrative opgaver i begyndelsen af Kommissionens embedsperiode?
But it is still not clear whether the decentralisation of the management of the programme to the area, which we requested, is allowing targeted monitoring of the project.
Det mener jeg ikke, at det er, og det bør der gøres noget ved snarest muligt.
As the Court of Auditors recently noted, the results are hard to see.
Dette arbejdsprogram blev vedtaget med stort flertal i ud valget.
A large number of European nongovernmental organisations -such as Caritas and Evangelisches Hilfswerk - do not qualify for the Commission's reconstruction aid.
Det er dybt foruroligende, at der hersker en følelse uden for Kommissionen af, at enhver adfærd accepteres uden frygt for reprimander.
The Commission passes on a large proportion of the money released by Parliament to the United Nations relief organisation, which makes it impossible for us to fulfil our monitoring obligations.
Der var uenighed om to væsentlige aspekter. For det før ste fastholder nogle, at denne dechargebetænkning inde holder megen kritik, der går ud over regnskabsåret 1996, og de ønsker derfor blot at behandle afgørelsen om de charge som en teknisk sag uden politiske overtoner.
The cooperation of the directorate-general brought in to work on the reconstruction of Bosnia could be improved.
Men konkrete beviser i relation til regnskabsåret 1996, der er fundet inden for mange politiske områder, afsløres fortsat af kolleger i deres beretninger til udvalget og i journalistiske efterforskninger i flere aviser.
Despite repeated requests, Commissioner Liikanen is re fusing to give information about the increase in staff ap propriations which has been!demanded.
Men alligevel er der nogen, der vender det blinde øje til, idet de øjensynligt ikke ønsker at tage de fremlagte beviser i betragtning.
He is either with holding the necessary information from Parliament or giving evasive answers.
Schwaiger (PPE), ordfører for udtalelsen for det medvirkende rådgivende Udvalg om Eksterne Økonomiske For bindelser. - (DE) Fru formand, kære kolleger, et af de vigtigste kritikpunkter mod gennemførelsen af budgettet for 1996 er, at Kommissionen i dette år ikke har været i stand til med de betydelige budgetmidler, der var til rådighed, at gennemføre Den Europæiske Unions eksterne po litikker effektivt.
I therefore conclude by making an appeal on behalf of all those, whether inside or outside the Commission, who wish to see modernised institutions based on integrity, ready to implement the euro and welcome new members from the East. To give discharge for 1996 at this juncture could only be interpreted as a whitewash, a message to continue as before, ignoring Parliament's requests.
Hverken midlerne til Phare eller Tacis-programmerne for Central- og Østeuropa - eller dem til middelhavslandene har kunnet realiseres på en tilfreds stillende måde. Kun 15 % af genopbygningshjælpen til Bosnien - og det er mit eksempel - har kunnet anvendes.
We must now act not only for the longterm viability of our institutions but also for the credibility of our Parliament.
Hovedårsagen har været Kommissionens manglende evne til i rette tid at træffe de nødvendige management; foranstaltninger og den manglende evne til at anvende de eksisterende personaleressourcer effektivt eller forlange de nødvendige ressourcer.
Remember that when you all vote tomorrow you should be thinking of those who elected you and who would be in favour of a people's Europe.
For det andet er der den fejlagtige påstand, der er fremsat om, at afgørelsen om decharge er det samme som at af skedige Kommissionen, nemlig et mistillidsvotum.
I urge the House not to grant discharge on the 1996 budget.
Denne dechargeprocedure er noget helt andet end et mis tillidsvotum, idet det er en regelmæssig årlig proces, der bør bedømmes ud fra de foreliggende kendsgerninger.
We note that there has been a gradual improvement in the situation over the last financial year, particularly as regards the Social Fund.
I sammenligning med USA der var f.eks. til genopbygningshjælpen til Bosnien helt utilstrækkelige personale ressourcer.
However, a number of problems arose at the end of the year because there was not enough money to pay for the projects that had been completed, and this is something we are likely to encounter again with this budget.
Den Europæiske Unions ineffektivt blev et begreb i Sarajevo.
That was the first point I wished to make.
Hvis man alligevel vil give decharge for dette, som vedrører 1996 og ikke længere kan ændres for dette budgetår, er det de følgende kriterier, der må være afgørende.
Schwaiger (PPE), draftsman of the opinion of the Com mittee on External Economic Relations. - (DE) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, one of the main criticisms of the implementation of the 1996 budget is that in that year - and with the substantial budgetary appropriations at its disposal - the Commission failed to implement the European Union's external policies effectively.
For det første en faktisk forbedring af or ganiseringen af Den Europæiske Unions handlingsstrukturer på stedet, for det andet en tilsvarende omfattende in formation om de foranstaltninger, der er truffet, så vi som parlament nøjagtigt kan se forbedringen og de svage punkter, der er tilbage.
Neither the appropriations for PHARE and TACIS - the programmes for Central and Eastern Europe - nor those for the Mediterranean countries showed satisfactory levels of execution. Only 15 % of the aid for reconstruction for Bosnia - and I am taking this as my example - was actually used.
Et mistillidsvotum til Kommissionen er blevet foreslået af nogle få parlamentsmedlemmer, der ikke er til stede lige nu, men det er ikke en kurs, jeg vil støtte.
The main reasons were the Commission's incapacity to take the required managerial measures in good time, and its inability either to deploy its staff effectively or request the additional resources necessary.
Hvordan kan det så være, at jeg ikke i udvalget stemte for at meddele decharge til Kommissionen?
I also wanted to thank the rapporteur for the way in which he has examined this whole issue in such depth.
Jo, for ikke blot er de substantielle spørgsmål alvorlige nok til at begrunde dette, men derudover er det sådan, at Kommissionen er ude af stand til at påtage sig disse reformer selv.
In the past the discharge was perhaps just a formality, and I sometimes have the impression that this is still more or less how it is viewed by the other side of the House, but nevertheless the fact is that we are now having a very de tailed and important debate on one of the most fundamental elements of the European Union.
Mange af disse spørgsmål har været på bordet i årevis.
There is one point in the social section on which I am not yet in a position to comment, but which I would still like to say something about.
Reformatorerne i Kommissionen har været ude afstand til at komme nogen vegne som følge af en lang række hævdvundne in
A letter was written to Mrs Aelvoet and sent via the Internet and was thus accessible to anyone in the House who wanted to read it.
Ganske vist er de personalemæssige ressourcer til genopbygningen af Bosnien blevet styrket væsentligt i tilknytning til min betænkning fra april 1998.
A small section of the letter re ferred to Leonardo da Vinci, a vocational training programme that comes under the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Kommissionen bestræber sig på at forbedre tingene på stedet.
We have of course not been able to in-
Men det er endnu ikke klart, om den decentraliserede styring på ste det, som vi har krævet, giver mulighed for en målrettet projektstyring.
Compared with the United States, the reconstruction aid programme for Bosnia, for example, was grossly under staffed.
Som Revisionsretten for nylig har konstateret, er det vanskeligt at se resultaterne.
The European Union's inefficiency became leg endary in Sarajevo.
En stor del af de europæiske ngo'er, som Caritas og Evangelisches Hilfswerk, er udelukket fra Kommissionens genopbygnings-
Whether we still wish to grant dis charge in the light of these facts - which belong in 1996
Samarbejdet med den generaldirektion, der er indsat i for bindelse med genopbygningen af Bosnien, kan forbedres.
Pronk vestigate this matter, and even when it was discussed in the committee this aspect of Leonardo was not on the agenda.
Trods gentagne opfordringer nægter kommissær Liikanen at give oplysninger om den forlangte forøgelse af personaleressourcerne.
I would therefore request that it should certainly be looked at more closely, which is what we intend to do in the committee.
Han holder de nødvendige informationer tilbage over for Europa-Parlamentet eller giver undvigende svar.
First of all, we need to examine whether 1996 was the only year concerned, or whether there were others.
På den anden side er der opstået nogletproblemer her ved årets udgang, fordi der ikke er tilstrækkelige midler til at betale afsluttede projekter.
I cannot comment on the substance of the claims, but I be lieve they are serious enough for us to look into them very thoroughly.
Det er et problem, som vi også vil støde på ved dette budget, fru formand. Det var altså det første punkt.
This is another good reason for agreeing with the rapporteur's cautious approach to the discharge.
Fru formand, decharge eller ikke decharge, det er og bliver ikke desto mindre et ikke uinteressant spørgsmål.
some justification for including all sorts of other issues in the discharge debate, but I think that these are generally things that need to be examined in more detail and should be included in the 1997 discharge procedure which is just beginning.
I marts i år udsatte vi dechargen. Vi lagde fem krav på bor det over for Kommissionen. Har Kommissionen nu gjort nok for at opfylde de fem krav?
So we must not be influenced by the tabloid press into changing our conditions for giving discharge.
Det er faktisk det eneste spørgsmål, der er tilbage.
Simply refusing to grant discharge is far too easy.
Budgetkontroludvalget har strøget tre af de fem krav, fordi de i de forløbne måneder er opfyldt af Kommissionen.
Article 206 is very clear on this point and says that discharge must in the end be given.
Særligt har kommissær Liikanen gjort en meget stor indsats på det punkt.
It may be postponed, but it cannot be refused.
Tilbage bliver der to punkter, to områder, og hr. Elles har i hvert fald behandlet et af dem meget udførligt.
This is why the no-confidence motion is the only instru ment left.
På det område er det absolut nødvendigt med fremskridt, men det er et område, der ligger så langt uden for de fem punkters rækkevide, at man ikke kan forvente, at Kommissionen på nogle få måneder kan løse hele personaleproblematikken i Kommissionen. Det er noget vrøvl, det kan ingen for lange af denne eller den næste Kommission.
Dankert (PSE). - (NL) Madam President, I was rather surprised that a rapporteur who talked in such detail about the integrity of the Commission should place so little emphasis on the fact that he was speaking on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control, because as far as I know the committee voted in favour of giving discharge, albeit by an extremely narrow majority.
Der er nok at gøre, men Kommissionen har i vidt omfang løst en af de alvorligste skandaler, særligt ansættelsen af personale uden for Kommissionen, uden at dette i tilstrækkelig grad var angivet i budgettet.
I find the reactions in the House to be quite remarkable, because we now seem to be accepting that rapporteurs should no longer speak as rapporteurs but should suddenly be freed from their responsibilities, which is very strange.
Fru formand, tilbage bliver især problemet om informationsforsyningen.
This does not alter the fact that the resolution before us is extremely critical of the Commission.
Det er en kendsgerning, at under dechargeproceduren skal informationsforsyningen fra Kommissionen til Budgetkontroludvalget forbedres meget, hvis dechargen skal have nogen mening.
The Socialist Group has tabled a large number of amendments to try to establish a better balance between the decision to give discharge and the text of the resolution.
Jeg tror, at vi på det punkt skal arbejde mod en interinstitutionel af tale for at kunne klare dechargen på en god måde.
We hope that these amendments will be approved and that the necessary balance will be created.
Jeg vil gerne takke ordføreren for den måde, som han har uddybet denne debat på.
Theato (PPE), chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control. - (DE) Madam President, this Parliament has the task of monitoring how the Commission handles Euro pean taxpayers' money.
Tidligere var dechargen måske mere en formalitet.
The responsibility is ours alone.
Indimellem fik jeg det indtryk, at den anden side af salen stadigvæk mere eller mindre betragter det som en formalitet, men det er i det mindste nu sådan, at vi fører en meget dybtgående og vigtig debat om en af de mest essentielle dele af Den Europæiske Unjon.
The Council merely gives us a recommendation, but we have to decide whether we can give the Commission dis charge in respect of its implementation of the budget or not.
Der er et punkt, fru formand, i den sociale del, som jeg endnu ikke kan kommentere, men som jeg alligevel vil sige no get om.
However, to make this decision, we need to have the necessary information.
Der er skrevet et brev til fru Aelvoet.
Since this was not the case, we had to postpone the discharge in March; nor were we in a position to decide in September, as announced.
Dette brev er via Internet og på anden måde tilgået alle i Parlamentet, der har ønsket det.
It is now December, and we still do not have all the information we have requested, despite the Commission's recently send ing us a document — which it considered to be exhaustive - with a view to obtaining the discharge.
I det brev er der også et kort afsnit om Leonardo Da Vinci.
On the other hand, Parliament can only have felt cheated, for example, when it received the UCLAF documents on ECHO which had been tampered with.
Det er et program, et uddannelsesprogram for erhvervsuddannelse, der hører under Udvalget om Beskæftigelse og Sociale Anliggender.
I ask you: can it be right for the institution under audit to determine on what and to what extent it wishes to be audited?
Vi har na turligvis ikke kunnet undersøge det.
It is also about informing the competent judicial authorities.
I Udvalget om Be skæftigelse og Sociale Anliggender har Leonardo Da Vinci i hvert fald ikke været på dagsordenen på den måde.
In two resolutions in February and March, we called on the Commission to inform the competent judicial authorities swiftly whenever there was the suspicion - and I emphasise, suspicion - of fraud.
Derfor anmoder jeg om, at dette undersøges nærmere. Det vil vi gøre i udvalget.
Until it was ensured that this was the case, discharge could not be given, according to the resolutions. lutions.
Vi skal i første instans undersøge, om det faktisk var i 1996 eller i andre år.
To give discharge or not to give discharge, that is the question, and it is a very interesting one at that.
Vi må tage det alvorligt.
In March of this year, we postponed the discharge and we laid down five demands for the Commission.
Jeg kan ikke kommentere indholdet af betænkningen, men jeg tror, at det er alvorligt nok til, at vi under søger dette nøje.
The only question now is whether the Commission has done enough to meet those five demands.
Det er endnu en grund til at være enig med ordføreren i hans forsigtige holdning til dechargen.
The Committee on Budgetary Con trol itself has dropped three of the five because they have already been met over the last few months, and Commissioner Liikanen in particular has made exceptional efforts here.
I mellemtiden er der efter udsættelsen af dechargen i marts rodet godt op i andedammen. Aviser som Libération, Focus og Stern har offentliggjort flere større eller mindre skandaler eller ganske enkelt den dårlige forvaltning, Revisionsrettens særbetænkning om Phare, Tacis og atomsikkerheden.
There are two areas left where progress still needs to be made; Mr Elles has described one of them in detail, but the other goes way beyond the scope of the five demands we laid down last time, and we really cannot expect the Commission to solve its entire staffing policy problem in just a few months.
Der var faktisk grund til at inddrage flere andre forhold ved dechargen, men, fru formand, jeg tror generelt, at det er sager, der kræver en nærmere un dersøgelse, og som er emner for dechargen for 1997, der snart begynder.
There is so much to do, and it has already largely re solved one of the most serious scandals, that of taking on staff outside the Commission without proper provision in the budget.
Vi skal således ikke ændre vores betingelser for decharge under pres fra sensationspressen.
Agreement on this at least has been reached with the Committee on Budgetary Control, but there is still plenty to be done.
Vi skal bedømme Kommissionen på grundlag af de betingelser, som vi i sin tid stillede.
There is still the problem of the provision of information.
Hvis vi finder, at Kommissionen ikke i tilstrækkelig grad har imødekommet vores ønsker, kan vi tage den politiske konsekvens og hjemsende Kom missionen, ikke ved endnu en gang at udsætte dechargen og ved ikke at give decharge og indgive et mistillidsvotum. Men ikke at give decharge er alt for let. Artikel 206 er helt klar på dette punkt.
The flow of information from the Commission to the Committee on Budgets during the discharge procedure must be considerably improved if the discharge is to be meaningful, and I think we need to work towards an interinstitutional agreement to be able to deal with the discharge properly.
Man kan kun udsætte decharge, man kan ikke nægte decharge.
A lot of issues have blown up since the discharge was postponed in March.
Derfor er det eneste instrument, der bliver tilbage, et mistillidsvotum. votum.
Newspapers such as Libération, Fo cus and Stern have revealed the various scandals and stories of mismanagement, the Court of Auditors' report on PHARE and TACIS and nuclear safety. So there was
Fru formand, ikke desto mindre er den foreliggende be slutning yderst kritisk over for Kommissionen. Den So cialdemokratiske Gruppe har indgivet en lang række æn-
The Elles report unambiguously states, in paragraph 7, that this very condition has not been fully complied with.
Dankert (PSE). - (NL) Fru formand, det forbavser mig, at en ordfører, der taler så indgående om Kommissionens integritet, lægger så lidt vægt på, at han ikke taler på vegne af Budgetkontroludvalget, fordi Budgetkontroludvalget, så vidt jeg ved, har stemt for decharge, omend med et meget lille flertal.
We still do not know whether the Commission has handed over all the documents to the judicial authorities. This puts its credibility at risk and damages the confidence that steps are being taken against cases of suspected fraud in its own ranks.
Jeg mener, at det vigtigt for Parlamentet at vide dette.
The resources and powers are poor enough as it is, and they are being eroded instead of con solidated.
dringsforslag for at finde en bedre balance mellem beslut ningen om decharge og den foreliggende beslutnings tekst.
When we vote on giving discharge to the Commission on Thursday, you will know the facts, as they are listed point by point in the Elles report.
Vi håber, at disse ændringsforslag vilblive vedtaget i de kommende dage, så den nødvendige balance kan gen oprettes.
Each of us then has to be an swerable for being able to give discharge under these circumstances.
For mig og også for min gruppe er det også vigtigt, hvad Kommissionen har gjort siden april i år, hvor der for før ste gang blev stillet betingelser for, på hvilke vikar der ville gives decharge.
ing the payments for the financial year, have condemned the way in which the Commission manages the operating appropriations allocated to it, whether for humanitarian interventions or the PHARE, TACIS and MEDA programmes or indeed the reconstruction programmes in the former Yugoslavia.
Det er min opfattelse, at Kommissionen har vist god vilje til at løse problememe.Om det er tilstrækkeligt?
The compromises shown on a daily basis in the selection of operators call into question the highest authorities of the Commission, and there are serious flaws in the appoint ment of officials which cast doubt on the credibility of the institution.
Nej, det er klart ikke tilfældet. Flere punkter i den foreliggende beslutning er hårde.
Mulder (ELDR). - (NL) Madam President, I should like to begin by congratulating Mr Elles.
Theato (PPE), formand for Budgetkontroludvalget. -(DE) Fru formand, det er vores opgave som parlament at overvåge, hvordan Kommissionen administrerer de euro pæiske bidragsyderes penge.
I and my group also think that what the Commission has done since April this year, when conditions were first laid down for granting discharge, is important. I feel that the Commission has shown good will in trying to solve the problems, but is this enough?
Ansvaret ligger alene hos os.
No, clearly not.
Rådet giver os kun en anbefaling, men det er os, der skal afgøre, om vi kan give Kommissionen decharge for dens regnskab eller ej. For at kunne træffe denne beslut ning må vi imidlertid have de nødvendige informationer til rådighed.
The resolution before us makes a number of very critical points which I think the Commission will take very seriously, because it is Parliament's right ultimately to decide on whether or not to give discharge, and the deadlines it mentions are going to have to be taken very seriously in deed.
Fordi dette ikke var tilfældet, måtte vi i marts udskyde dechargen, og vi kunne heller ikke træffe nogen afgørelse i september som annonceret.
Yet the Commission, instead of dealing with the problem head-on by undertaking a drastic reform of its structures and procedures and opting for transparency, still maintains its haughty or even contemptuous attitude towards the monitoring bodies and towards Parliament.
For mig er fortolkningen af traktatens artikel 206 også et centralt punkt.
I think that the interpretation given to Article 206 of the Treaty is also of crucial importance.
Hvor langt kan Kommissionen gå med hensyn til at give Parlamentet informationer uden, at embedsmændenes personlige interesser skades?
How far can the Commission go in providing Parliament with information without harming the personal interests of officials?
Jeg tror, det er nødvendigt, at der laves en aftale. Hr. Dankert har lige nævnt en interinstitutionel aftale - så alle i fremtiden er klar over, hvad de kan forvente.
I think that we need to have a sort of covenant or, as Mr Dankert said, an interinstitutional agreement so that everyone knows what the position is in future.