European Parliament
Fatuzzo (PPE-DE ).
(IT)
Mr McCartin’s report aims to cut fraud and deceit in the use of European funds: there is too much fraud, too much deceit against Europe. I was wondering this morning on my way to the bar for a coffee – which I have already mentioned several times today – how to explain why I voted for the McCartin report. I closed my eyes for a moment and saw the Beagle Boys walking along the European Parliament’s corridors, and then I had a brainwave. I knew how to explain why I voted for the report and, above all, that I should make a suggestion. I suggest that Europe ask the Beagle Boys – that is, the fraudsters themselves, those who cheat us out of our money – how to avoid being deceived in the future, paying them in the usual way, on a payroll, the fair amount that they deserve. This is perhaps the only way to combat the fraud against Europe’s budget.
And now, bon appétit!

