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"Mr President, I would like, as others have done, to congratulate the rapporteur Mr Böge on his work. He has done an excellent job in very difficult circumstances. I would also like to align myself with Mr Wynn’s rather than Mr Davies’ remarks about the British rebate, hardly surprisingly. As one speaker has said, we are all equal but some are more equal than others. But the idea in paragraph 51, indent 5 might give a sensible idea of how to proceed, bringing in national parliaments to make our own resources system more transparent.
I wish to raise one specific point which is of great importance. The European Union is going through turbulent times. We have no idea what our policies are going to be by 2013. We have no idea now what our external policies will be, particularly in relation to enlargement. We need a pause for reflection on the length of our commitment to this financial perspective. It is best to go for a five-year period, which is the same as the mandates of the Commission and of the European Parliament, because looking too far in the future would be an abuse of the democratic process. Of course, legislative proposals can be for a longer period, but five years would allow us to sort out our policies on expenditure and own resources.
Of course we need to go for an agreement. I agree with Mr Dehaene that we should give the presidencies as much as encouragement as possible to find one. But this Parliament should not sign up to any agreement at all. As we heard very clearly from our rapporteur, we need one that will be in our interests and the interests of our electorate and that is what we hope will come out of the Council in a few days’ time."@en1
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