Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-05-17-Speech-3-059"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-05-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management – Conclusion of the IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060517.3.3-059"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-05-17-Speech-3-0602
lpv:speaker	lp:Alain Lamassoure2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-11-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we accept this agreement not because it is good, nor because it is the least worst option, but because it is the only option, given that 90% of the European budget is now financed by the national budgets. The fact is, half of the Member States are in serious deficit and the other half do not see why they should pay on behalf of mismanaged countries. The time has therefore come to reform the system of resources that sustain the European budget. Our Parliament is working on practical proposals, and we have been doing so with the help of the national parliaments for nearly a year. Last week’s interparliamentary conference made it possible to hold an initial, encouraging debate on the diagnosis, schedule and scope of the reform. The diagnosis is virtually unanimous. The current system is regarded everywhere as anti-EU, unjust and totally incomprehensible to Europeans. As regards the schedule, the consensus is that the 2008-2009 meeting must be used as an opportunity to reach a political agreement on the practical arrangements for a reform. As regards the scope, opinion remains very divided. There are the masochists who suffer as a result of the system, but who like to suffer. There are the moderates, who want to retain the principles of the current system. There are the ambitious ones, who are more open to more radical changes. There are, however, two common recommendations: on the one hand, not to bring the Member States’ fiscal sovereignty into question and, on the other hand, to protect taxpayers against further tax increases: the principles of sovereignty and of cost neutrality. A further meeting is scheduled with the national parliaments’ committees on budgets for 21 June. Our aim is to succeed at least in bringing the points of view close enough together so that the Commission might take its inspiration from the proposals put to it for 2008."@en1

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