Jag medverkade i utskottet för inre marknaden häromveckan, så som representant för mitt budgetkontrollutskott. Detta eftersom ramarna för inre marknaden ska utarbetas.
Rapportör är svenske europaparlamentarikern Adnan Dibrani (S). Inför hans fortsatta arbete skickade jag med följande poänger i mitt inlägg.
Jag poängterade vikten av att skapa indikatorer som mäter utfall, vad skattebetalarna får ut av programmen, inte bara vad de kostar.
Så här lät det:
Thank you, Chair.
We are discussing a programme worth 6.2 billion euros, as the rapporteur just stated.
This is taxpayers’ money. And taxpayers have the right to know whether their money is being spent efficiently.
The European Court of Auditors, in its very first key observation in the press release for this opinion, states that it is unclear how the programme’s spending objectives will be aligned with EU strategic priorities.
I consider this a serious problem. The logic should be simple: we identify a problem, we propose a solution, and we measure the result. However, as the Court points out (*), the proposed indicators are predominantly output-based — number of systems supported, number of authorities participating, number of actions funded.
These indicators may not adequately capture whether we have actually improved the interoperability of customs systems, enhanced risk-management capacity, achieved more effective tax cooperation, or better protected the EU’s financial interests.
If the goal of this programme is improvement, we need result and impact indicators. If the goal is merely redistribution of money, we must tell our citizens that honestly.
As rapporteur for the Committee on Budgetary Control, I will insist that we measure the programme’s objectives honestly and that we are able to give citizens a transparent account of how their money was used. Because every euro the state collects unnecessarily is a euro missing from the citizen’s wallet.
Thank you.
(*) in paragraph 47 of its opinion [ECA Opinion 08/2026, §47, p.19–20, section “Performance framework”],