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"Mr President, I have learnt something very useful in the Committee on Budgets and something which has made life much easier for me, namely that it is best to begin by thanking the relevant individuals, in order to have ample time to do so. I should therefore like to thank Mr Garriga Polledo, the rapporteur, and also Mrs Jensen. It is worth remembering that the coordinators and Vice-Chairmen are responsible for the climate of cooperation characterising work on the budget in the European Parliament. This contrasts with similar work in national parliaments. Thanks are therefore due to Mr Ferber, Mrs Guy-Quint, Mrs Trüpel, Mr Seppänen, Mr Roszkowski and to Mr Walter, Mr Böge and Mr Mulder, the Vice-Chairmen. I trust the same climate of cooperation will prevail on Thursday, when we dot the i’s on the 2005 Budget. The final version of this budget resulted from very difficult negotiations with the Council. We appreciate the wish to cooperate and reach a compromise displayed by the Dutch Presidency, and in particular by Mr Nicolaï, and also by Commissioner Grybauskaitė, who acted as moderator during the tense hours of the meeting.
It is certainly true that Parliament defended its priorities. It resorted to the flexibility instrument, especially in the areas of internal policy and foreign policy that are very important to us. Nonetheless, those who spoke in the House today emphasised that the situation will get worse. If we project ourselves into the future, into the next multi-annual Financial Perspective, things look bleaker. I am sure that slimming down the Structural Funds, together with a tripartite declaration to anticipate an amendment to the budget, cannot be described as sound financial programming.
As regards the budget procedure, 2005 was a year of new beginnings. Consequently, the quality of administration was particularly important. I should therefore like to conclude by thanking Mrs Fialho, Mr De Feo and the whole team. They are genuine civil servants of the kind still sorely lacking in post-Communist Europe. They augur well for the success of future work on the budget."@en1
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