European Parliament
A6-0286/2006
Evangelia Tzampazi (PSE ).
(EL)
Mr President, Commissioner, the nationalisation of LIFE from the outset contradicts the application of this environmental tool to date
The proposal to delegate the management of 80% of the admittedly inadequate budget for LIFE+ to the Member States would mean that all the European added value would be lost and, most importantly, that the Member States would be given
carte blanche
to – possibly – follow national objectives. We are therefore calling for efficient and transparent management under the control of the European Commission of important programmes with added European value.
Finally, if no agreement is reached, I consider it especially important that we support the common proposal, on the basis of which it will be possible to fund activities which will have to be brought under the programme in question from 2007 onwards.
I should like to congratulate Mrs Béguin on her exceptionally positive report.

