Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-11-Speech-3-232"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-05-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2006 financial year2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050511.18.3-232"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-11-Speech-3-2332
lpv:speaker	lp:Gianni Pittella2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (2005-02-18--2008-02-18)3 member; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3 substitute; ECON (2005-01-18--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, my hope is that the comparison that will follow from this evening’s presentation may bring about a favourable outcome. I hope that this year will be a positive one; however, in truth, the initial signs are only partially encouraging. It is with pleasure that I acknowledge the work of Mrs Grybauskaité, in whose draft budget can be found positive solutions to certain issues that Parliament holds dear, and which appear in its guidelines. I am referring to the modulation of agricultural expenditure in support of rural development, to the increase in heading 2 on regional policy, to the rise in spending on young people and on culture, and to the increase in spending on agencies. I cannot say the same for heading 4 on external actions and assistance to SMEs. Mrs Grybauskaité informed us that direct assistance in the Lisbon Strategy accounts for more than a third of the draft budget. We will check it heading by heading, but on first examination it appears to me that the amounts are insufficient. Even if that assessment were incorrect, however, the reference to the agreement reached on sustainable development during the Gothenburg European Council is without question unsatisfactory: there can be no competitive growth without sustainable growth. The proposal on external actions, moreover, seems disappointing. Without doubt, this is an old sore point, a painful wound that is reopened at every budgetary procedure; a more courageous approach, however, would have put the Council ahead of its responsibilities and would have gained the full support of Parliament. In general, we were expecting greater impetus, but our stance will, however, be constructive. It is not in our interests to list expenditure, but to defend the rights of Parliament and of the European Union."@en1

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