The France felt pass the boulet wind... In the title of European appropriations for community cohesion policy (EUR 14.4 billion for the period 2007-2013), it is indeed expected that these grants non-consumed two years after having been incurred on duly stamped projects must be returned to the budget of the Union. This is what the specialists call "the automatic decommitment rule". However, a few months of the end of last year, number of projects that can be funded by the European structural funds (ERDF, ESF...) were still not warranted. October 25, 2009, two and a half years after the start of the programmes, only three areas could justify a request for payment to the Commission, according to a parliamentary report just submitted to the Government. But the administration can work wonders: "Thanks to the mobilization of all stakeholders, there is no automatic decommitment", assure today at the Ministry of development of the territory. In total, to last January, approximately 6 of the amounts actually paid while 27 to 34 (funds) of the amounts allocated by Europe were actually programmed.
Confidence issues
The entourage of Minister Michel Mercier, in charge of this file with the Secretary of State for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche, argued that the slow start of the programming is not unique to the France. And even that some countries of the Union - and not least as the Spain or the Germany - have been forced, to releases of office. It is true that in contrast to the previous period (2000-2006) where European funds were up on objectives of territories, "this time it is thematic objectives, related to the priorities of the Union defined by the Lisbon and Gothenburg strategies. Essentially, research, innovation, sustainable development. Therefore, it took rearrange accordingly all shuttles and procedures.
The report of (UMP) of the Yvelines Pierre Lequiller, Member of Parliament supported by MEP Sophie Auconie (NC), point these shortcomings at the national level. First, the complexity of the statement and the dual state-region, the Alsace region jurisdiction as to date the only experiment with records management. However the relationship of trust between Regional Council necessary for the proper use of the structural funds and the State services, is unfortunately not still exists. Sophie Auconie, one of members of Parliament in having met yesterday the head of State and the Prime Minister to raise awareness of the Government in this case, calls for an institutional simplification: "as to the meeting, where there is a Europe liaison agency, I propose that Governments such as the Drire and the prefectures of region detached competent officials in a single window in which they would work together with the representatives of local communities." The parliamentary suggests to involve the Subdivisional and IAB, French companies are among the main distributions of European funds. "This would make more effective lobbying of the French territories with the European institutions", she says.
The budgetary control exercised by Europe is deterrent, believes even the parliamentary. "Countries such as the France, the Germany, Great Britain, the Ireland have a culture of public finances further and the European Union adds a layer." "MEPs call on the Commission to adopt a contract of trust, to exempt these countries a posteriori controls, that generate delays in addition to one year", she explains.
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