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dcterms:Date	"2011-03-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Guidelines for the 2012 budget - other sections (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110308.6.2-015-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-03-08-Speech-2-016-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Derek Vaughan2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I would like to thank the Commissioner. I would also like to thank the rapporteur for his report, but also for his approach to putting together the other sections’ budget. He is right to balance the need to ensure that the European Parliament and other sections are able to function properly against ensuring that budget increases are kept to an absolute minimum. I particularly welcome his proposal to keep increases within the rate of inflation. I believe the initial proposal of 5.2% is far too high. Of course, to achieve the moderate savings pursued by the rapporteur and others within the Parliament, we need to ensure we also identify savings within the budget. I have therefore offered to work with the rapporteur to ensure those savings are found. I believe there are potential savings to be found in things like the buildings policy and in terms of enlargement – which the Commissioner has mentioned himself – but also in things like the proposed cost of a non-European office, which I believe at this time is an unaffordable luxury. Finally, can I say we also need to work very closely with other institutions, particularly the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee, which I know were very concerned about their budget for 2012 as well. We need to ensure that they, like us, are able to function properly but also, at the same time, limit their spending increases for the future. So I can say that the Socialists and Democrats Group is very keen to work with the rapporteur; we do support the proposals for these guidelines, and we look forward next week to discussing the estimates."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; BUDG (2009-12-14--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2012-04-16)3 unknown; Labour Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; REGI (2010-09-20--2012-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Derek Vaughan,"1 "on behalf of the S&D Group."1
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