What Monika spoke about.

13

Dec

2021

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The impact of organised crime on own resources of the EU and on the misuse of EU funds (short presentation)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Today, on behalf of Tomáš Zdechovský, I can, so to speak, introduce an important own-initiative report on how EU funds, particularly in the area of shared management, are used and used by organised crime. Because wherever there is money, there are of course also interests of organized crime. One does not want to think at all in which areas organ…

24

Nov

2021

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Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, Dear President of the European Court of Auditors, dear Klaus-Heiner Lehne, but also ECA member Tony Murphy, both of whom joined us tonight, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! We often discuss here all the error rates and error rates. First of all, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the Court of Auditors for once again formulating very clearly what the core problems we…

24

Nov

2021

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Fundamental rights and the rule of law in Slovenia, in particular the delayed nomination of EPPO prosecutors (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Minister, ladies and gentlemen! I'm not trying to slander and complain, I'm just trying to convince the European Public Prosecutor's Office. It has only been operational for five months, Commissioner, and it has already opened 400 investigations and the cases amount to €5 billion in damage. Slovenia has joined the Public Prosecutor's Office, other countries are not. …

22

Nov

2021

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The revision of the Financial Regulation in view of the entry into force of the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! At the very beginning, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to my co-rapporteur – to you, dear Nils – for the excellent cooperation and very, very good cooperation, but also to all the shadow rapporteurs who are also here today. I am pleased that we have worked out a very good text together and have tried to agree on important priorities. Th…

6

Oct

2021

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Pandora Papers: implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Two weeks ago, the Commission published fresh figures for 2020, in the so-called PIF report. The VAT gap, namely the difference between expected VAT revenues and actual VAT collected, has a significant impact on the financial interests of the European Union. It stands at a whopping 130 billion for 2019. Europol estimates annual losses from cross…