European Parliament
Eija-Riitta Korhola  (PPE ).
(FI)
Mr President, I wanted to vote in favour of postponement in this report. I think that postponement is necessary because we encountered certain difficulties with the European Environment Agency. The problem is that the Executive Director has, at the same time, been a trustee of an NGO and has financed projects to the tune of more than EUR 30 000.
I see the same problem with discharge in respect of the European Food Safety Authority. Two members and several other employees are said to have connections with the food industry. I would also refer to management staff meeting expenses, which were three times higher than those of the agency that claimed the second greatest amount in expenses. I was hoping that postponement would mean that we would really be able to straighten things out, and so achieve transparency in European policy making.

