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The first annual meetings were held from 5 to 8 November and the Commission was able to discuss in depth with the managing authorities the critical points of implementation, the appropriateness of the administrative and operational structures of the managing and paying authorities, implementation in the time allowed by the CSF of the regional strategies in several fields such as transport, the information society, research and innovation, the environment and improved monitoring and inspection systems.

The ensuing reports drawn up by the Austrian Court of Auditors, which identified a range of shortcomings, prompted a series of reform measures, such as legislation banning speculation or new arrangements for the supervision of financial markets, led the Austrian national and regional parliaments to scrutinise in detail political responsibilities in the area of financial management and financial supervision, and made a significant contribution to improving the performance by the relevant State bodies of their statutory financial management role.

16. Expresses its profound dismay at the recent assessment of EU support for governance and human rights in Egypt by the European Court of Auditors (ECA), which, inter alia, criticises the absence of EU measures against endemic corruption in Egypt; believes that similar major EU policy deficiencies are likely to occur in relation to other third countries, notably in the Neighbourhood; stresses that the ECA report points to the need for a profound rethinking by the EU of its approach to authoritarian regimes and to transition countri ...[+++]es, notably with regard to coherence and linkages between its political dialogue and assistance, the application of human rights conditionality, its support for civil society and its budget support policy; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to drastically review their assistance programmes to Egypt and, in light of this report, to provide effective support for democratisation in Egypt and for human rights activists; requests that the EEAS and the Commission report back to Parliament on the measures taken to implement the ECA’s recommendations;

37. Takes note that Spring Council agreed on addressing 'bottlenecks' hampering growth in the framework of EU 2020, inter alia by a further deepening of the single market; takes note that Commission plans for a major set of initiatives by 2012 in this respect; strongly criticizes that the Commission's and the Council's internal market strategy wants to reinforce their liberalisation and privatisation agenda; insists on a thorough revision of the single market strategy, whose focal point should become the citizens and not big enterprise, establishing a strong social and environmental dimension based on specific and measurable goals ref ...[+++]lecting the interests of workers, consumers and SMEs;