Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-10-23-Speech-2-162-000"
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"Mr President, it is the duty of parliamentarians to represent the interests of their constituents. Trust in the European Union is at an all-time low. According to Eurostat, fewer than one third of Europeans have a positive image of the EU. In my country, the EU is seen as wasteful and out of touch. If we are to restore credibility we need to rein in excess spending.
The Commission’s inflation-busting 7 % increase in the budget is an insult to my constituents. While I would prefer to see a complete budget freeze, the Council’s proposal of 3 % is more acceptable. So why has this House voted to restore the Commission’s unrealistic demands? Perhaps it is because the Commission will go ahead and spend anyway. The Commission recently demanded a 10 billion top-up to its 2012 budget and this is an affront and an outrage. We must send a strong message to the Commission that it can no longer continue to squander its citizens’ taxes."@en1
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