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"en.20121023.13.2-179-000"2
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"Mr President, first I would like to congratulate the Republic of Cyprus for handling the delicate multiannual financial framework negotiations so adeptly for the 2014-2020 period. This is the island state’s first experience of holding the EU’s rotating Presidency-in-Office. The Cypriots, like the British people, recognise the importance of value for money for the European Union, while emphasising the need for the EU to help create jobs and enable economic growth. Nevertheless, the British Prime Minister David Cameron has made it quite clear that at a time of austerity it is simply unacceptable to the British public to demand either an above-inflation increase or an end to the British rebate, particularly given the fact that the UK is the second largest net contributor. Member States should be warned that he is prepared to exercise the UK veto if necessary and go over to an annual emergency funding on a frozen budgetary basis.
There is plenty of budgetary fat to be cut, and shutting down the Strasbourg Parliament would be a great place to start. Then we need to reform the CAP and reduce Structural Funds, particularly the European Social Fund, so that only things like research and development – both medical and scientific – or major infrastructure projects are given emphasis. At the moment, however, the British public really thinks that the EU is spending far too much money and could do a lot less and do a lot better."@en1
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