Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-14-Speech-2-213"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2000 budget (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991214.9.2-213"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-14-Speech-2-2142
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-21--2000-06-12)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, if there is one issue on which the Council and Parliament should follow the same line of action, then surely it is the reconstruction of Kosovo. But this is not in the offing as yet. Parliament and the Council have turned Kosovo into an affair of honour over the financial ceiling of category 4. This is taken to such an extreme that the rapporteur even threatened to include only EUR 115 million into the budget instead of the EUR 500 million which is required. If this were to happen, then the Kosovars would be the big losers. The only lifeline which then remains is a supplementary and amending budget later on in the year. But the negotiations for this budget will also be extremely difficult, especially if they are linked to a debate regarding a multiannual programme for the entire Balkans. It is therefore of key importance that a compromise is reached between the Council and Parliament regarding Kosovo before next Thursday. An agreement is within reach, especially now the Council seems to agree to a smaller reduction in the payments for the structural funds. Alongside an agreement on Kosovo, the Council and Parliament will also need to agree, in time, on an aid programme for the entire Balkans. How can this be financed? The extent of the financial package for the external policy, as laid down in Agenda 2000, seems to suggest that the European Union, in this respect, only has a subordinate task. This is also true of the Balkans. Consequently, the Council’s attitude is one of ambivalence. On the one hand, it refuses to raise the financial ceiling for category 4 and this is only right. But on the other hand, the willingness of the Member States to contribute to financing the Balkans falls far below the mark. As a result, the European Union budget is stretched, which will have a detrimental effect on the developing countries."@en1

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