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"Mr President, we are today considering reports on regional policy that introduce beneficial changes and simplification. We can only regret that it is the crisis that has forced us to respond swiftly and hopefully effectively to the current state of affairs. I welcome the opportunity to introduce greater flexibility, because there is no question of increasing the European Union’s budget. I would like to make that quite clear. We have heard references to quotas today. This represents a mere drop in the ocean, as the European Union’s budget amounts to around 1% of the GDP of the Member States. We can but hope that the little drop will be a revitalising one. We need it to be! I also welcome the increased flexibility made possible by support from the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund. I am glad simplification of eligibility for expenditure is to be introduced with retroactive effect. It is good that we are increasing payments in instalments and speeding up expenditure on large projects submitted in advance, and that it will be possible for payments to be made prior to confirmation. I can but reiterate my hope that all this will prove revitalising."@en1
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