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Hr. Van Bukenens vidneudsagn blev rundsendt i Parlamentet den 9. december og indeholdt alle de oplysninger, Parlamentet behøvede med henblik på et forslag om mistillidsvotum, muligvis til enkelte kommissærer, på daværende tidspunkt.
Mr Van Buitenen's testimony on 9 December was widely circulated in the Parliament and had all the information needed by the Parliament to move to a motion of censure, possibly of individual Commissioners, at the time.
Skylden for den krise, der har udviklet sig i løbet af de sidste tre måneder, ligger derfor hos fru Green.
So the crisis that has developed over the last three months must be laid very firmly at the feet of Mrs Green.
Jeg beskrev hende som den mest forvirrede kvinde i Europa, og jeg mener stadig, det er den bedste beskrivelse af hende.
I described her as the most confused woman in Europe and still believe that is the best description of her.
Den beretning, vi derfor her debatteret her til aften, er Van Buitenen II.
So the report we have seen debated this evening is Van Buitenen II.
Der er meget lidt nyt i den, og jeg ønsker blot at sige til Rådet, at ekspertgruppens beretning, hvis den anbefaler en fundamental ændring af vedtægten for tjenestemænd og den måde, hvorpå Kommissionen opererer, vil have opnået noget.
There is very little new in it, and I would simply say to the Council that the Wise Men's report, if it recommends a fundamental change of the Staff Regulations and the way in which the Commission itself operates, will have achieved something.
Lad mig blot påpege over for Parlamentet, at ingen medlemsstat på noget tidspunkt i løbet af de forgangne 18 måneder gennem COREPER eller andetsteds har anmodet om reformen af institutionerne. Det er på høje tid, de gjorde det.
May 1 just point out to the House that at no stage in the last eighteen months has any Member State made any request through Coreper or otherwise lor the reform of the institutions.
Blak (PSE). — Hr. formand, vismandsrapportens konklusioner er helt klare. Kommissionen har mistet den politiske kontrol med sin administration. Det er faktisk den mest skræmmende konklusion i rapporten.
Blak (PSE). — (DA) Mr President, the conclusions of the Wise Men's report are quite clear.
Det betyder nemlig, at de ansatte i Kommissionen kan køre derudad uden styring og overordnede politiske retningslinjer. I et sådant klima kan korruption, nepotisme og uregelmæssigheder trives.
It means that stall in the Commission can just go on in the same way, without any control or overall political guidelines.
Næste vismandsrapport bliver heldigvis en endevending af embedsmandskulturen i Kommissionen, og det er her, de største slag skal kæmpes.
Fortunately, the next Wise Men's report will be a shake-up of the civil service culture at the Commission, and that is where the biggest battles will be fought.
Vi skal have en omfattende personalereform, der efter min mening bør indeholde et opgør med livstidsansættelser og i stedet indføre åremålsansættelser.
We need a comprehensive staff reform, which in my view should include an end to jobs for life and introduce fixed-term contracts instead.
Nu skal der selvfølgelig ikke drives hetz på embedsmændene i Kommissionen som sådan.
Of course, there should not be any witch-hunt against officials in the Commission as such.
Der er mange, der arbejder godt og flittigt, men det skal være muligt at smide de rådne æbler ud.
Many of them work diligently and well, but it should be possible to get rid of the rotten apples.
Det bliver en hård kamp.
It will be a tough battle.
Personaleorganisationerne vil kæmpe med næb og kløer, når de ser de enestående privilegier forsvinde.
Fhe staff organisations will fight tooth and nail when they see their unrivalled privileges disappearing.
Vismandsrapporten placerer et kollektivt ansvar på kommissærerne, de har endelig accepteret deres kollektive ansvar, og de er gået i samlet flok.
The Wise Men's report places a collective responsibility on the Commissioners. They have at last accepted that responsibility and resigned en masse.
Det kan vi jo se — de er ikke til stede i aften.
We can see that, because they are not here this evening.
I Parlamentet ville vi have afsat hele Kommissionen, hvis de ikke selv var gået.
Parliament would have dismissed the whole Commission if they had not resigned of their own accord.
I den danske socialdemokratiske delegation er vi derfor enige om ikke at stemme for en genindsættelse af en Kommission, der er næsten magen til den, vi lige har afsat.
The Danish Social Democrat delegation is therefore unanimous in not voting for the restoration of a Commission which is almost identical to the one we have just dismissed.
Det er ikke et personspørgsmål, selvom en enkelt person har prøvet at gøre det til det.
It is not a question of personalities, although one person tried to make it so.
Det er et spørgsmål om principper, og vi vil opfordre vores kolleger til at sætte nationale partipolitiske hensyn til side.
It is a question of principles, and we would like to call upon our colleagues to set aside national party political considerations.
Der må nyt blod til.
New blood is what is needed.
Til sidst vil jeg gerne komme med en opsang til Rådet.
Finally, I would like to reprimand the Council.
Nu må det være slut med de femten gummistemplers politik!
There must now be an end to the politics ol the 15 rubber stamps.
De nationale regeringer har overhovedet ikke vist noget ansvar i denne sag.
The national governments have shown no responsibility at all in this matter.
De har år efter år godkendt regnskaberne uden at blinke, så måske skulle vi overveje at fyre Rådet i næste omgang.
Year after year, they have approved the accounts without batting an eyelid, so perhaps we should consider sacking the Council next time round. And I
Så vil jeg godt sige til min ven, McMillan-Scott, at jeg synes, det er plat at genere Pauline Green, når hun ikke er til stede, men det er jo kendetegnende for, hvad de konservative står for i England.
Blak would like to say to my friend Mr McMillan-Scott that I think it is a common trick to malign Mrs Green when she is not present, but that is typical of what the Conservatives in England stand for.
De er nogle platugler!
They are a common crew!
Stenzel (PPE). — (DE) Hr. formand, krisen i Europa-Kommissionen, som har ulmet længe, har med Kommissionens tilbagetræden sendt et tydeligt signal, og det var på høje tid.
Stenzel (PPE). — (DE) Mr President, the crisis which has been brewing for months in the European Commission and which has now culminated in the resignation of the Commissioners has sent out a clearly visible and long overdue signal.
Bruxelles har fået sit Watergate, og nu skal der drages konsekvenser for at overvinde tillidskrisen mellem Europa-Parlamentet og Kommissionen, mellem offentlig heden og Den Europæiske Union i det hele taget.
Brussels has its own Watergate, and conclusions now have to be drawn so that the crisis of confidence between the European Parliament and the Commission, between the public and the European Union in general, can be overcome.
Krisen i Europa-Kommissionen vedrører ikke kun Kommissionen.
The Commission crisis is not confined to that institution alone.
Der er snarere tale om en krise for Den Europæiske Union.
On the contrary, it is a crisis of the European Union.
For at overvinde denne krise er der brug for øjeblikkelige initiativer og mere varige reformer.
To dispel it, we need short-term measures and lasting reforms.
Til de øjeblikkelige initiativer hører, at medlemsstaterne i Den Europæiske Union skal udpege en ny kommissionsformand, helst allerede i Berlin, og at de kommissærer, som er blevet klart kritiseret i beretningen fra ekspertgruppen, ikke deltager i den kommende Kommission.
One of the short-term requirements is the nomination of a new President of the Commission by the Member States, in Berlin if at all possible, and the Commissioners who were explicitly criticised in the Wise Men's report must not be part of a future Commission.
Til de mere varige reformer hører, at Rådet hurtigst muligt fastlægger en procedure, som gør det muligt at drage enkelte kommissærer til ansvar i tilfælde af fejl, dårlig administration og svig.
Among the lasting reforms are the earliest possible establishment by the Council of a procedure that will make it possible to call individual Commissioners to account in the event of misconduct, mismanagement and fraud.
De nødvendigheder, som Den Europæiske Union er konfronteret med i dag, har længe været ude af trit med den politiske realitets krav.
The unavoidable tasks facing the European Union are completely divorced from present-day political reality.
Her indeholder Amsterdam-traktaten væsentlige forbedringer. De er imidlertid ikke nok i sig selv.
The Treaty of Amsterdam already provides for considerable improvements in this respect.
Senest i forbindelse med en ny regeringskonference må der fastlægges en procedure, som gør det muligt at stille enkelte kommissærer til ansvar.
A procedure for calling individual Commissioners to account must be laid down at or before the next intergovernmental conference.
Der skal også ske en gennemgribende forbedring af bekæmpelsen af svig.
A sustained improvement is also required in the fight against fraud.
80% af svindelen foregår i de enkelte medlemsstater.
Eighty per cent of all EU fraud takes place in the individual Member States.
For at afskaffe disse misforhold er der ikke bare brug for en uafhængig svindelbekæmpelsesmyndighed OLAF, det er også nødvendigt at udvide Revisionsrettens kompetence.
If that scandalous situation is to be remedied, we need more than just an independent Anti-Fraud Office; the European Court of Auditors must also be given wider powers.
Den skal kunne efterforske på stedet i samarbejde med regionale og nationale højesteretter og myndigheder.
It must be able to investigate cases of fraud at the scene of the crime, in cooperation with regional and national authorities and supreme courts.
Europa-Parlamentets kontrolrct må under ingen omstændigheder svækkes.
Parliament's right of scrutiny must on no account be diluted.
Vismandsrapporten fra ekspertgruppen var værdifuld, men den bør afsluttes den 20. april, og den bør især undersøge embedsmandsniveauet, for det må ikke gælde for denne Kommission, at kommissærer kommer og går, og embedsmænd består!
The Wise Men's report was useful, but it should be completed by 20 April, and above all it should carry out an investigation at the level of officials. It is unacceptable for this Commission to operate on the principle that Commissioners may come and go but mandarins are forever.
Myller (PSE). — (Fl) Hr. formand, Europa-Kommissionen fratrådte, fordi en uafhængig ekspertgruppe konkluderede, at Kommissionens ledelse var dårlig.
Myller (PSE). — (Fl) Mr President, the European Commission resigned because the Committee of Independent Experts which investigated its activities found that it had been mismanaged.
Kommissionsformand Santer drog de helt rigtige konklusioner og tog ansvaret for dette.
President Santer made what was absolutely the right decision and accepted full responsibility.
Processen har vist, at det var meget vigtigt at nedsætte Den Uafhængige Ekspertgruppe, fordi vi udelukkende ved hjælp af deres arbejde har fået fat i faktiske problemer.
This process has shown that it was immensely important to have set up this independent committee, as it is only because of their work that we have been able to get to grips with the real problems.
Uden dette arbejde var sagen blevet fejet ind under gulvtæppet ved, at vi eventuelt havde fået afsat to eller tre kommissionsmedlemmer for at statuere et
Without it we would have merely swept matters under the carpet, as it were, having had two or three token resignations from Commission members.
Vi må dog ikke glemme, at vi i fremtiden har brug for et godt samarbejde med Rådet.
We have to bear in mind, however, that we will need to cooperate extremely closely with the Council in the future.
En ny Kommission skal udnævnes hurtigt. Det var rart at høre repræsentanten fra formandsstaten sige, at Amsterdam-traktaten skal respekteres i denne forbindelse.
The new Commission must be appointed quickly, and it was very good to hear the President-in-Office of the Council say that the principles of the Treaty of Amsterdam would be respected in this connection.
Ved drøftelsen af disse magtstrukturer er der grund til at erindre, at det vigtigste på dagsordenen ved det kommende topmøde i Berlin er godkendelsen af Agenda 2000, og for situationen i dag er det meget vigtigt, at det lykkes i Berlin..
Nevertheless, while we ponder these images of power, we must remember that the most important matter on the agenda at the forthcoming Berlin summit is the approval of Agenda 2000, and in the light of the current situation it is vital that Berlin should be a success.
Her er der også fremkommet indlæg for, at der i den nye Kommission ikke kan være medlemmer fra den nuværende Kommission.
Certain speakers here have proposed that the new Commission might include members of the current one.
Jeg mener, at dette skal undersøges nærmere ud fra, hvad vi vil have ud af Kommissionen.
I believe this has to be examined on the basis of what we want from the Commission.
Formålet bør være at forbedre arbejds- og administrationskulturer i Kommissionen, og Kommissionen skal bestå af personer, som er i stand til at gennemføre dette.
The aim must be to improve the Commission's work and management culture, and we must have Commissioners who can do this.
Den nuværende situation skal udnyttes.
The current situation should be exploited thoroughly.
Vi skal have tid og kræfter til forny elser og sådanne mennesker til at lede fornyelser, som virkelig er i stand til at realisere dem.
We need time and energy to bring about reform, and capable people to manage it.
Reding (PPE). — (FR) Hr. formand, Jacques Santer har udvist politisk mod.
Reding (PPE). — (FR) Mr President, Jacques Santer has shown great political courage.
Ved at gå af sammen med sin Kommission lever han op til sit fulde ansvar, og jeg hylder dette træk.
By resigning along with all the rest of the Commission, he has shown that he accepts full responsibility, and I admire his honesty.
Men jeg beklager samtidig, at en Kommission, der har gjort et glimrende arbejde gennem hele perioden, er blevet tvunget til at gå af.
However, I also regret the fact that a Commission which has done excellent work throughout its term of office should have been forced to resign.
Hvis fru Cresson i januar, da hendes dårlige ledelse blev kendt, var gået af sig selv, som hun burde, var vi ikke i dag kastet ud i en sådan politisk krise på europæisk niveau.
If Mrs Cresson had resigned of her own accord last January as she should have done, when her dubious practices were already widely known, we would not be in a political crisis in Europe today.
Jeg håber ikke, at nationale eskapader, som dem fru Cresson har praktiseret, bliver mulige i den nye Kommission. En ny Kommission, der, hvis det står til mig, skal være stærk og godkendes af det nye Parlament, der skal vælges til juni.
I hope that the kind of national tricks that Mrs Cresson got up to will no longer be possible in the new Commission, a new and strong Commission which I hope will have the endorsement of the newly elected Parliament in June.
Jeg ville også gerne benytte mig af lejligheden til, hr. formand, at hylde hr. Jacques Santer og størstedelen af hans Kommission, som har iværksat projekter af historisk omfang: euroen, udvidelsen, Agenda 2000.
I would also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Jacques Santer and most of his Commission, which has launched some historic projects: the euro, enlargement, Agenda 2000.
Den har desuden gennemført fundamentale reformer med henblik på en mere effektiv bekæmpelse af korruption.
He was also determined to carry out fundamental reforms to make the fight against corruption more effective.
Historiens ironi vil, at Santer-kommissionen blev det første offer for egne reformer.
It is through the irony of history that the Santer Commission has become the first victim of its own reforms.
Lad os håbe, at de initiativer, der er taget under Santer-kommissionen, vil gøre det muligt for efterfølgerne at udvise større gennemsigtighed og mere demokrati og effektivitet.
Let us hope that the measures it has taken will enable its successor to be more transparent, democratic and effective.
Malone (PSE). — (EN) Hr. formand, jeg er virkelig rystet over bemærkningerne fra de konservative og deres formand her til aften, men de overrasker mig ikke.
Malone (PSE). — President, I am really appalled at the remark of the Tories and their leader this evening but I am not surprised.
Det bekræfter blot det, jeg altid har ment om dem.
It just confirms what I have always thought about them.
Ikke desto mindre giver denne beretning os en mulighed for en frisk start.
This report, however, gives us an opportunity for a fresh start.
Med »os« mener jeg samtlige institutioner i Den Europæiske Union.
By 'us' I mean all the institutions of the European Union.
Reformen af Kommissionen er begyndelsen.
Reform of the Commission is the start.
Ministerrådet og de nationale regeringer skal også undersøge sig selv kritisk og spørge, om de altid har handlet i Unionens interesse.
The Council of Ministers and the national governments also need to examine themselves critically and ask if they have always acted in the best interests of our Union.
Ministerrådet vil træffe meget vigtige beslutninger i denne uge, som vi ved får en langvarig indvirkning på Den Europæiske Unions fremtidige succes og troværdighed.
The Council of Ministers will make very important decisions this week which we know will have a long-lasting effect on the future success and credibility of the European Union.
Lad os håbe, at de træffer disse beslutninger i samme ånd af åbenhed, ansvarlighed og respekt for demokratiet, som de med rette forlanger af Kommissionen.
Let us hope that they make these decisions in the same spirit of openness and accountability and respect for democracy that they rightly demand of the Commission.
Kommissionen er fundet skyldig i pligtforsømmelse.
The Commission has been found guilty of malpractice.
Jeg vil foreslå, at man først og fremmest råder bod på dette, ved at alle aftaler og kontrakter åbent bekendtgøres, uafhængigt afgøres og nøje undersøges af Parlamentet.
I would suggest that the way to remedy this would be firstly that all appointments and contracts be openly advertised, decided independently and scrutinised by the Parliament.
Personalet i Kommissionen bør ophøre med imperiebygning og optræde kollektivt til Fællesskabets bedste.
The Commission staff should cease empire-building and behave collectively for the good of the Community.
Praksissen med, at der faktisk er en national kvote for udnævnelse af øverste tjenestemænd i Kommissionen, skal slutte.
The practice of there being a defacto national quota for senior staff appointments in the Commission must end.
Kommissærerne bør have ret til at udpege et personligt kabinet, men det skal gøres med fuld gennemsigtighed.
The Commissioners should be entitled to appoint a personal cabinet but this should be done with complete trans parency.
Hver kommissær bør skulle retfærdiggøre udnævnelserne ved offentliggørelse af oplysninger om personens forudsætninger for jobbet over for en uafhængig rådgiver. Hvert kabinetsmedlem bør ubetinget skulle fratræde sit embede samtidig med kommissæren.
Each Commissioner should have to justify the appointments by publishing details of the individual's qualification for the job to an independent assessor.
Slut med at kaste sig ud i vigtige stillinger for personalet i Kommissionen.
No more parachuting into important Commission staff positions.
Offenligheden skal vide, at det ofte er praksis i regeringer og Ministerrådet at give Kommissionen skylden, når noget går galt.
The public must be made aware that it is often the practice of governments and the Council of Ministers to blame the Commission when things go wrong.
Som det er blevet påpeget, administreres størstedelen af EU-finansieringen faktisk af de nationale regeringer, og der er omfattende bevis på svindel og pligtforsømmelse inden for dette område.
As has been pointed out here, most EU funding is actually administered by national governments and there is considerable evidence of fraud and malpractice in this area.
Det er regeringernes ansvar at tage fat på det.
It is the responsibility of governments to address that.
Og afslutningsvis, hr. formand, vil jeg gerne sige, at for så vidt angår Ministerrådets rolle, ved vi, at de mødes privat.
And finally, President, I would say that with regard to the role of the Council of Ministers, we know that they meet in private.
De hører til et af de få tilbageværende ledende organer i Europa, hvor beslutningerne træffes bag lukkede døre, og det skal stoppes.
They are one of the few remaining governing bodies anywhere in Europe where decisions are taken behind closed doors, and this must stop.
Cunha (PPE). — (FT) Hr. formand, den virkelig afgørende af beretningens konklusioner, er den, der fremgår af det sidste afsnit, der giver udtryk for, at det trods den ansvarsforflygtigelse, som undersøgelsen har konstateret, er kommissærerne som kollegium, som kollegialt organ, der må drages til ansvar.
Cunha (PPE). — (FT) Mr President, the uncompromising final paragraph of the conclusions of the report is undoubtedly controversial. According to this paragraph, despite the dilution of political responsibility observed during the inquiry, the Commissioners should accept this responsibility as a body.
Over for en sådan konklusion kunne Kommissionen ikke gøre andet end at træde tilbage, hvad den så gjorde med fuld værdighed.
Faced with this conclusion, the Commission had no alternative but to resign, which it has done with its dignity intact.
Denne krise er kommet på det værst mulige tidspunkt, hvor Unionen befinder sig i slutfasen af forhandlingerne omkring Agenda 2000, som en god del af vores fælles fremtid afhænger af, og især for samhørighedslandene, som f.eks. mit eget land, for de kommende medlemmer østfra og for vores landmænd.
This crisis has come at the worst possible time, with the European Union in the final stage of the Agenda 2000 negotiations, the outcome of which will to a large extent determine our collective future, and in particular the future of the cohesion countries, including my own, and of the applicant countries from Eastern Europe and of our farmers.
Visse politiske kræfters iver efter at slagte denne Kommission får mig til at mistænke dem for, at en svag Kommission ville passe ind i deres interesser, fordi det med en svag Kommission teoretisk ville være lettere at få gennemført deres minimalistiske planer for Unionens fremtid.
The frenetic demands made by certain political forces to get rid of this Commission makes me suspect that it would sui: them to have a weak Commission, because a weak Commission would in theory be easier to bend to their minimalist views on the future of the European Union.
Jeg mener, at det vil være fornuftigere at lade denne Kommission fungere videre, fordi den kender til de sager, der er under forhandling, og den derfor kan sikre en hurtigere, mere effektiv og afbalanceret sagsbehandling. Vi er imidlertid åbne over for andre fornuftige løsninger.
1 believe that it would be more reasonable to keep this Commission on in a caretaker capacity, as it is familiar with the dossiers being negotiated and could therefore guarantee more rapid, effective and well-balanced negotiations.
Det afgørende er, at forhandlingsrytmen og -ligevægten omkring Agenda 2000 ikke påvirkes, og at Unionens strategiske interesser ikke bringes i fare.
The important thing is that the pace and the balance of the negotiations on Agenda 2000 should not be affected and that the strategic interests of the Union should not be jeopardised.
Jeg vil også gerne sige, at jeg er imod endnu en beretning fra ekspertgruppen.
I also want to emphasise that I am against a second report by the committee.
Vi har brug for en stærk Kommission, hvor det politiske ansvar dominerer over bureaukratiet.
We need a strong Commission in which political responsibility outweighs bureaucracy.