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"Mr President, thank you, Mr Lewandowski, for the proposal you have submitted. It is not easy to present a budget when so many different interests are involved and Mr La Via has succeeded in highlighting the majority of Parliament’s priorities. In my opinion, there are three decisive aspects to the budget guidelines: the budget must be balanced, it must be sensible and it must be responsible. Mr Lamassoure has just referred to the fact that we have had two austerity budgets in a row. This is absolutely the right thing to do in this situation. During this period, the Member States have only been able to provide limited resources. At the same time, as the previous speaker rightly pointed out, we need to make investments. These are, of course, complementary measures. First of all, we need to create the necessary structures, which are based on a responsible approach to the use of taxpayers’ money, so that we can make investments. Otherwise, we will be throwing good money after bad and this cannot be in our interests.
Therefore, I believe it is important that we remind ourselves of this in the guidelines from the parliamentary side. We played a significant role in ensuring that the Member States agreed on automatic sanctions after the summit on 1 and 2 March and this must now be put into practice. I would like to see the Commission and not the Council taking responsibility for this, because then we could be sure that it would be implemented. At the same time, however, we need to give the Member States support with regard to European added value. The issue of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been mentioned. They form the backbone of the European economy. It is not the large organisations and the multinationals that create jobs. It is the medium-sized companies which ensure that Europe’s engine for growth and employment continues to function.
Therefore, we need to make targeted and sensible use of money. More funding does not necessarily mean better policies. Finally, I would like to express my full support for what Mr Lamassoure said about the need to resolve the problem of the outstanding commitments or
. Most importantly, as far as the budget is concerned – and it is a pity that the Member States are not represented – it would make sense for us to draw up a sensible budget right from the start, so that we do not find ourselves in a difficult situation because amending budgets are required."@en1
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