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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2001 budget2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001212.3.2-040"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-12-12-Speech-2-0412
lpv:speaker	lp:Heide Rühle2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; CONT (1999-07-22--2001-12-11)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Bündnis 90/die Grünen (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-12-16--2002-01-14)3 treasurer; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I too wish to thank the rapporteur and, of course, the Commissioner and the President-in-Office for their excellent work. Our group will also vote in favour of this budget because it shows that, once again, we have reached an exemplary compromise, despite being under increasing pressure. The main sources of this pressure are unemployment, the BSE crisis and the Balkan stability pact. We have resolved and reached satisfactory compromises on all these urgent problems – and never once to the detriment of the interests of the EU. We wanted to secure the EU's ability to act and the confidence of the people. Nonetheless, I should like expressly to agree with Mr Colom i Naval, who said earlier that the financial perspective has become more and more of a straightjacket, preventing any real planning, any real long-term planning. Constant use of the flexibility reserve is undermining the transparency of the budget and in time this too will lead to a loss of credibility. Even the Notenboom procedure, whereby funds are transferred to critical regions, in this case to fund the Balkan stability pact, does not really guarantee a transparent budgetary procedure. It already looks likely that the huge risk of a clash between MEDA, Mediterranean rim projects and the Balkans will increase over the next few years, despite the fact that we all know that this is where money is urgently needed. On the other hand, we are also aware that the Council is perfectly capable of suddenly questioning the financial perspective when it comes to BSE, when it comes to national interests. I found Mr Chirac's statement at the Nice Council extremely interesting. I think the Council urgently needs to consider how it, for its part, intends to handle the financial perspective. In all events, Parliament will be a much tougher negotiating partner next year."@en1

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