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"Mr President, Mr Grasser, Mrs Grybauskaitė, I should like to begin by addressing my colleague, Mr Böge, and sincerely thanking him for his outstanding work.
Unfortunately, we are faced with a minimum Interinstitutional Agreement. Mr Böge, you were no longer able to do anything when, before you at the Council, there stood up the champions of a policy that I would describe as a deceptive policy, which pretends to propose a budget to Europeans that is in keeping with the declarations trumpeted by the Heads of State or Government in front of the media. Young people must benefit from more Erasmus scholarships, but we note that there is not an adequate budget for this. The Council declares that we need more Europe if we are to sustain regional funding, but does not want to commit itself on the matter. This deceptive policy makes people believe in the Union having its own sources of finance, but any notion of a European tax would mean Europe being severely criticised.
Nevertheless, this budget does focus somewhat on research and on the European transport networks, such as the Lyon-Turin project. Yet, what have become of the ambitions for Galileo as a result? Where are the funds that were supposed to encourage our SMEs to set up in international markets? What have you done with the rural development fund? With this agreement, a revision of which is already planned for 2008 - it is really most regrettable that we should be obliged, today, to put our hopes in this future revision – a coat of paint is being given to the front door of Europe House, but everything else is being neglected. This is the budget of hypocrisy.
Under these circumstances, I will vote in favour of this minimum agreement because I am genuinely obliged to do so, but it will be with a heavy heart that I give you my vote."@en1
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