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"Mr President, during last year’s referendum people in the United Kingdom were told that a vote to leave the European Union would bring upheaval almost from day one. So dire were the consequences, we were told, that sticking with the EU was really the only show in town.
This reflection paper on the EU’s future finances makes grim reading for taxpayers across the remaining Member States. It points to a EUR 12 billion annual shortfall as a result of the UK’s exit. Now, as before, the Commission goes down a predictable path of creating new spending priorities – spending on the European common defence policy, the challenges of migration and other ambitious plans could well add another EUR 12 to 13 billion to the deficit, making it in the region of EUR 25 billion per year.
Commissioner Hogan has confirmed a three billion black hole in the common agricultural policy budget. Just last week, Commissioner, you confirmed that other major programmes would not be immune to cuts. Inevitably, this will mean that countries like Germany, France and the Republic of Ireland will pay in more and will receive less in return. It will inevitably mean the raising of further direct taxes from citizens in order to finance these grand ambitions.
These are challenging times for all of us. We are entering a crucial phase of negotiation on the UK’s departure from the EU. Reading this report should remind this House just how important it is that we construct an agreement that is to the mutual benefit of all of our citizens, and not just the federalist ambitions of some."@en1
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