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"I am voting for the report by Mr Fernandes on Parliament’s budget, and I would congratulate him on the tremendous work that he has done. I would like to emphasise the efforts made towards restraint and austerity, which correspond to the priorities that he had established. As Parliament’s powers have increased through the Treaty of Lisbon, it would be reasonable to have higher operating costs. However, Parliament’s 2012 budget represents a decrease in real terms, with an increase lower than inflation in the EU, and with cuts of EUR 49 million compared to the initial proposal. The adopted budget has remained below 20% of heading 5, which has not happened for several years. The rapporteur has also had to fight against misinformation and demagoguery. Some people have, in bad faith, tried to insinuate that it was increasing Members’ salaries. Parliament is not responsible for this matter: the salary of Members – which stands at 38.5% of the salary of a judge in court – is set by the Council, and the value of the other grants is set by the Bureau and not by Parliament, and cannot exceed the level of inflation published by Eurostat. Moreover, the budget line related to grants and payments, including funds for paying Members’ salaries, is only increasing 0.55% compared with 2011."@en1
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