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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this debate is important because it voices the discontent felt in Europe about a European summit which, given the way it has been structured, can only lead to predictable failure. If that is the case, it will be impossible to use the resources effectively in the early years of the programming period, that is to say from 2007 onwards, and that will result in serious harm.
It is preferable, however, to run that risk rather than permanently jeopardise the design for a strong, united Europe by agreeing to accept the 1% mini Europe. The 1% idea is indeed a dreadful solution that the European Parliament cannot accept. Worse still, it is a dreadful solution that comes without a substantial reduction in the UK rebate.
In order to grow, Europe has to be competitive, and to be competitive it needs cohesion. With a budget that cuts spending and sets a ceiling of around 1%, with a budget that only guarantees existing privileges, there will be no investment in either growth or competitiveness or cohesion, Mr President, and Europe will be betraying itself. We do not want that kind of Europe; we do not recognise ourselves in such a Europe. We shall do everything we can for Parliament to reject any agreement on that mini Europe, which is not the Europe that Parliament wants."@en1
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