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10 November 2011

EU Court of Auditors Report reveals billions in misspent EU money

For the 17th year in succession the European Court of Auditors has, for 2010, withheld approval from the EU’s expenditure accounts. After four years in which the number of errors in these accounts has been falling, the books for 2010 have shown a rise, from 3.3% to 3.7% of the budget. The total amount of money involved is €4.5 billion. SP Euro-MP Dennis de Jong, responding to the news, said that ‘Although most of the errors are down to the member states themselves and relate to their spending of EU subsidies, it’s extremely disappointing that this year the percentage has once again shown an increase. The European Parliament must force the Commission to make much stricter arrangements with the member states regarding monitoring their spending of EU moneys.’

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9 November 2011

Van Bommel seeks parliamentary enquiry into decolonisation of Suriname

SP Member of Parliament is urging the establishment of a parliamentary enquiry into Dutch involvement in Suriname’s decolonisation process. His desire to see an enquiry was prompted by the government’s answer to a parliamentary question put by the SP in November, 2010 in which the government admits that in 1986 plans were laid for a full scale invasion. ‘Many of the problems afflicting relations between the Netherlands and Suriname can be traced back to the failed decolonisation,’ says Van Bommel. ‘Dutch responsibility for this has never been clarified.’

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9 November 2011

‘Ratify UN Disability Treaty before end of year’

SP Member of Parliament Renske Leijten is demanding that the government ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities before the end of the year. The Convention commits signatories to granting people with any kind of disability the same rights as others and to ensuring that they are able to take a full part in the life of their societies. Once a state has signed, it must also ratify the treaty, which means that laws and regulations must be amended to accord with this commitment.

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8 November 2011

Dutch participation in missile shield? No thanks!

Despite deep cuts in defence spending the Netherlands’ navy is participating in the development of a NATO missile shield. In addition to the enormous costs, Harry van Bommel and Jasper van Dijk foresee problems affecting foreign policy.

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5 November 2011

SP Senator Kox to lead election observer team in Russia

The Council of Europe has been invited to send observers to Russia for the approaching parliamentary elections, and SP Senate leader Tiny Kox has been named head of the mission. To prepare the ground he will next week visit Moscow, in the company of four other members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

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29 October 2011

Asylum minister must open new investigation into case of Mauro Manuel

SP Member of Parliament Sharon Gesthuizen is urging Immigration and Asylum Minister Gerd Leers to take a fresh look at the entire collection of documents relating to Mauro Manuel, the young Limburger facing deportation to his native Angola after ten years in the southern Netherlands province.

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