Activities of Thijs BERMAN related to 2011/2014(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on budgetary control of EU financial assistance to Afghanistan
Amendments (1)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(a) Emphasises that the effectiveness of aid to Afghanistan can only be improved if there is a radical change of approach to the problem of corruption, which has blighted the country since 2001, from the highest to the lowest level of the administration; emphasises that the corruption at the top, which was implicitly accepted in the years immediately after 2001, is now in the eyes of the Afghan people almost irreversibly undermining the authority of the institutions established by the Afghan constitution; stresses, therefore, the urgent and absolute need to break with this acceptance of corruption and to take steps to ensure that the Afghan judicial system and the Afghan Court of Auditors can vigorously address this major problem and rely on the European Union as a strong, credible and firm ally that will take the lead in combating this challenge that is crucial to the future of the country;