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"Mr President, it is vitally important that the EU budget is focused on addressing the economic and financial crisis. With EU countries sliding back into recession, it is vital that EU funds are efficiently targeted at jobs, growth and investment to try and turn the EU economies around. Austerity alone cannot rescue us from the current crisis.
The 2013 budget year will prove to be a very difficult one with, on the one hand, a real need for budgetary constraint and austerity but, on the other hand, significant demands for payments from Member States as we come to the end of this financial perspective. As the Commissioner pointed out, with at least EUR 5 billion of payments which were carried over from the last financial year, it is absolutely vital that the Commission get a clear idea of the likely drawdown for 2013 from Member States. There can be no surprises or else it is going to be very difficult to try and shape a sensible budget.
I would like to see us aim for a freeze in real terms of the 2013 budget but this must be tempered by the fact that we are nearing the end of the financial perspective and the budget must reflect that fact. I hope we can work constructively with the Commission to square that difficult circle."@en1
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