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dcterms:Date	"2005-05-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2006 financial year2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20050511.18.3-233"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Janusz Lewandowski2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; BUDG (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-07-28--2007-01-15)3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2007-02-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Commissioner, it would seem that the many Members who are absent consider today’s presentation to be merely a routine procedure. Yet this is by no means the case for myself or for the Commissioner, who can even understand me when I speak Polish. What is so special about 2006? Firstly, it is the final year of the current Financial Perspective. This means that new and expensive tasks have appeared that did not feature in our earlier plans, and as a result funding will be tight, especially under the third and fourth headings. We will inevitably have to reach additional agreements with the presidency, which by then will be British. Secondly, 2006 is a transitional period towards the new Financial Perspective. As such, it presents us with a problem regarding the level of payments, which is nearly EUR 7 billion lower than the ceiling for payments as a percentage of GNI set in the Financial Perspective, and lower than the 2005 level of 1.03%. We should give careful thought to the extent to which this will meet our real needs in 2006. Although some features of the 2006 budget are familiar from previous years, there are some new priorities. These include an attempt to reinvigorate the Lisbon Strategy by means of a new injection of funds. According to the Commissioner, funding for this Strategy will increase by 8%, which will mean cuts to other areas of expenditure under the third heading. I would add that increased funding cannot be a substitute for the genuine reforms that are the essence of the Lisbon Strategy. Another new priority relates to a number of challenges we face in terms of foreign policy. Above all, these involve the reconstruction of countries devastated by the tsunami disaster, and the provision of EU support for the awakening of democracy and civil society that is taking place beyond our eastern border. There can be no question that this priority will make it necessary to use the flexibility instrument. Another priority that has been added by our rapporteur is youth, and this will be the distinguishing feature of Parliament’s budgetary strategy in 2006. I have already emphasised the strong links that exist between the negotiations on the annual budget and those on the multi-annual Financial Perspective. It is quite clear that it will be easier for us to negotiate the 2006 budget with the British presidency, and that these negotiations will be conducted in a friendlier atmosphere, if the Luxembourg presidency succeeds in concluding negotiations on the multi-annual Financial Perspective. I have no idea whether this is a realistic aim, but I believe that it should be one we all share."@en1

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