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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-03-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The future of the European Union's own resources (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070328.17.3-190"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-03-28-Speech-3-1912
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Mulder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Quaestors (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, my compliments to the absent Mr Lamassoure and Mr Böge, his deputy, for their presentation. We all know what happened during the recent summit of 2005 and the events leading up to it. The bickering is not, to my mind, a dignified sight for Europe. We must find another way of resolving the issue of own resources, and the Lamassoure report certainly sets the right tone for this. The large majority of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe share the key conclusions of the Lamassoure report. We see Gross National Income as probably the best way of measuring national wealth and of calculating contributions based thereon. This, though, should not prevent us from examining other means at a later date and, as many have said before me, this should not lead to an increase in taxation, but we will need to use the existing taxes to provide Europe with some of the income. We do not share the view that it is unfortunate that we did not use the 1.24% that was established in Edinburgh in 1992. So far, the Commission has had to overcome enough difficulty as it is to carry out the existing budget. Every year, so many billions are returned to the Member States that it is difficult to justify the logic that even more should be budgeted for and that even more should be spent. Budgets must be calculated based on real needs, and so far, we have not reached this 1.24% ceiling. As chance would have it, the Commissioner responsible for agriculture is here this evening, and I can inform her that the ALDE Group takes the view that compulsory cofinancing of certain areas in agricultural spending is hugely beneficial to Europe and something we should definitely promote in future; who knows, she might even pick up an idea for her health check next year."@en1

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