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dcterms:Date	"2010-10-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Parliament's position on the 2011 draft budget as modified by the Council - all sections - Draft amending budget No 3/2010: Section III - Commission - BAM (Banana Accompanying Measures) (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20101019.20.2-286"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-10-19-Speech-2-2882
lpv:speaker	lp:Marta Andreasen2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, this Parliament has joined the European Commission in demanding an increase of almost 6% for the 2011 budget at a time when national governments are proposing significant cuts to their own budgets. Those who defend the increase argue that extra funding is required to cover the new competences arising from the Lisbon Treaty. In fact, I do not remember having heard – or anybody mentioning at the time of ratification – that there would be any cost associated with Lisbon, or what this cost would be. Not even today do we have a clear idea about what the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty will cost the taxpayer. It is also alleged that austerity is not the right answer in times of crisis, and that it is necessary to spend more on education, renewable energy, etc. Looking at the underspend for the past few years, it is clear that the EU does not succeed in producing an efficient budget. This failure is linked to the irregularities identified by the European Court of Auditors every year. Yet again, the biggest increase that is being proposed – a 17% increase – goes to the Cohesion Funds, the area where the auditors report the highest number of irregularities. If I find it stunning that in times of crisis, this EU is looking to increase its own budget, I find it more difficult to explain that the European Parliament wants to double its own entertainment budget. Are we saying that the UK is axing child benefits and university funding, postponing school-building schemes and making other painful cuts just to fund more champagne and oysters for the European Parliament? Is it reasonable for the UK to make military spending cuts while its net contribution to the European Union will increase from around GBP 6 billion to GBP 8 billion in the next couple of years? This is simply unacceptable for the British people."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause from the EFD Group)"1 "Marta Andreasen,"1 "on behalf of the EFD Group."1
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