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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-10-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Draft general budget for 2006 (Section III) - Draft general budget for 2006 (Other sections)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051026.2.3-025"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-26-Speech-3-0262
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexander Stubb2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I wish to begin by congratulating my friend, Mr Pittella, for a job well done. I should like to make three points. The first is that the Committee on Constitutional Affairs made five proposals: we wanted more money for the Jean Monnet Chairs, more money for cultural organisations, more money for organisations advancing the idea of Europe, more money for European think-tanks and more money to debate the future of the European Union. What happened? We got nothing! The five proposals were all rejected. I am sure Mr Heaton-Harris is really happy about it, but I hate to tell him that I am very happy with his proposal, because he gave a lot of money to the PRINCE programme. We asked for EUR 9 million and we were given commitments of over EUR 4 million. That is a great thing, and, therefore, I am pleased about the changes the Committee on Budgetary Control made. My second point was more of a question: what do we need the money for? We all know that the French and the Dutch rejected the Constitution in referenda, and that we need to start debating the future of the Union. That is in all our interests. The Constitution is not dead, it will continue to live on and we need to restart the debate on it. For that we need money. My third and final point is also a question: can we buy the debate with money? The answer, of course, is no. However, I think, personally and as a member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, that it is very important to get that debate going, and the fact that the Commission has put down a plan B – sorry, a plan D – and is receiving over EUR 4 million in commitments from the Committee on Budgets is a good thing, and also good for the future of the Union."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2008-04-03)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; AFET (2005-01-13--2007-01-14)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (2004-07-20--2008-04-03)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Alexander Stubb (PPE-DE ),"1 "draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs"1

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