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"en.20131119.4.2-023-000"2
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"Mr President, the report on the interinstitutional agreement is highly critical of the length of the negotiations within the Council and between the institutions. But the money that is the subject of negotiation is taxpayers’ money, and its expenditure must be given due consideration. The rapporteur is keen that Parliament’s legislative and budgetary powers granted by the Treaty of Lisbon should be fully respected. The report is critical of the Council for binding itself to the conclusions of the European Council.
It is true that Parliament is the only directly elected body and it seems at first sight right that it should be pre-eminent in the budgetary process. However, most of the money spent by the EU comes from or through Member States, and Member States’ governments are, in the eyes of their electorates, held responsible to their electorates for their taxpayers’ money. Parliament might be constitutionally responsible to a theoretical European electorate, but that electorate is not conscious even of its own existence as an entity. There is little dialogue between MEPs and their electors about the precise allocation of funds as distinct from the total amount.
The European Council – unlike the Council – does not have an official legislative role, but as the body representing Heads of Government its members are much more aware of the views of their citizens on expenditure than are MEPs. For as long as the EU continues they must have an important say in the negotiating process."@en1
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