EN | FR | DE | 09.09.2010
Greens/Efa Group
 

en | nl |    PEOPLE 

Bart Staes


Europe is an absolute must -- because it means peace, conflict prevention. The enlargement of the European Union with new Member States proves this. The negotiations about the accession of Turkey will do the same. Peace means conflict prevention and aiming for stability. But we still need another Europe. We need less market and more security and democracy in Europe. We need a more transparent and healthy Europe. That's why I am active in the environment committee, where we have to face environmental problems. The transparency is the reason why I am active in the anti-fraud committee. There we make sure that the EU-budget is spent in a proper way, without having people or criminal organisations taking money away from the European budget an tax payer.