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Madam President, I think that Parliament is being unfairly accused, in this debate, of proposing a straightforward budget increase.
We are not talking about expenditure, but about something political. This is a profoundly political debate; it is a debate about expenditure ceilings and political objectives, and the amount of shared resources – resources belonging to the European Union as a whole – that should be used to finance the political priorities that we, in this Chamber, have set as our objectives for the coming years and which are fundamentally linked to the Europe 2020 strategy for growth and employment.
I find entirely natural that we should be focusing on how to readjust these priorities in line with the scant resources available, because Europe is in the midst of a severe financial crisis, but it makes no sense for us to be shooting ourselves in the foot and blocking the only common instrument we have to carry out our priorities.
As we know, the Council intends to cut the proposal put forward by the Commission, which, itself, is already insufficient. We therefore wish to make clear to the Council and the Commission that, if there is going to be less money – because, ultimately, the Council agreement will make reductions – then we need to have as much flexibility as possible.
Unfortunately, a heavily cut and inflexible budget will make it impossible for Parliament to say yes to the forthcoming proposal."@en1
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