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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Financial perspective (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041214.15.2-294"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-14-Speech-2-2952
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Olbrycht2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3 vice-chair; REGI (2004-07-23--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2006-02-05)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, work on the new Financial Perspective is being undertaken in very difficult circumstances, and has therefore given rise to much controversy. Not all the issues under consideration are being discussed. This may have been the case in the past, but it has come as a surprise to some of the new entrants to the Union. The first point I would like to make is that the proposal to limit the budget to 1% is not inspired by the wish to economise, nor does it stem from a desire to rationalise expenditure. It is the consequence of the plan to change the allocation of financial resources and the view that the latter can be utilised more effectively in national policies. What we are therefore witnessing is a reduction of the scope of Community policies. This does not come as a surprise to advocates of a coordinating Union, but it is cause for alarm amongst advocates of a strong Union. Restricting income and expenditure impacts directly on all countries, because it requires changes to the structure of financing cohesion policy and restricting its scope. Naturally, the weakest countries are the most affected, when they ought to be the main beneficiaries of this policy. My second point is that cohesion policy is being reinterpreted before our very eyes. This policy is becoming increasingly detached from its base, namely the principle of sharing the problems of under-development in the spirit of solidarity, and responding jointly also to the pronounced inequalities which are the inevitable consequence of economic integration. It is therefore essential to support the efforts made in the Council of the European Union by those governments radically opposed to amendment of the relevant provisions and deletion of the principle of supporting the less-developed countries. An example from the sporting world comes to mind. Ladies and gentlemen, imagine a situation in which a number of players are recruited to join a football team. They are eager to play, prepared to undergo a demanding training period, and full of fighting spirit and the desire to win. Now imagine that when they make it onto the football pitch they are informed that the rules have changed and that they will be required to play rugby instead. I am sure you will understand that in such a case the players would be unpleasantly surprised and taken aback. It is to be hoped that the Commissioner and the Commission as a whole will act consistently to ensure that the rules remain unchanged."@en1

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