Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-14-Speech-2-191"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20041214.12.2-191"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
"Mr President, as draftsman of the opinion for the report of the Committee on Agriculture, I regret the arbitrary cuts decided on by the Council of Ministers in spending on common agricultural policy subsidies for 2005.
This is a cut of no more and no less than EUR 1 billion, compared to the European Commission’s preliminary draft budget, an unprecedented decision, taken, furthermore, within the key context of the debate on the European Union’s future financial perspectives.
I condemn the flippancy with which the Council of Ministers has adopted this decision because it jeopardises the funding of agricultural subsidies for next year, which are the consequence of a formal commitment by the Member States to the European Union's farmers.
The Council's decision leaves the management of common agricultural policy subsidies in a precarious situation, and this will oblige the Commission to apply spending discipline which could lead it to commit more than one injustice.
There has been mention of the possibility of later on introducing the amending budget to patch up the holes in the 2005 agriculture budget, although so far we do not know where those necessary resources are going to come from. It is clear that the countries in favour of reducing the contributions to the Community budget have won the first battle, because the Council of Ministers has unanimously supported this cut.
This unanimity also included my country. Nobody has dared to question this decision, which, furthermore, takes no account of the opinion of this House. At first reading the European Parliament re-established the European Commission's preliminary draft budget, an initiative which has been completely ignored by the Council of Ministers, the only body with decision-making powers with regard to obligatory spending.
The cut in agricultural spending for 2005 is simply a forerunner of what could happen from 2007, when the European Commission will have to present a report to assess whether or not it is necessary to introduce cuts in the unit sums of the direct aid received by European farmers. Unfortunately, the European Parliament’s voice has not been taken into account on this occasion. I would, therefore, like to call on this House to try to prevent this situation from recurring next year."@en1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples