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"Mr President, my thanks to the Commission, the Polish Presidency and, in particular, to our own rapporteurs, Ms Balzani and Mr Fernandes.
Following lengthy negotiations, we reached a compromise, and our group will support the compromise, as we have managed to get a large number of Parliament’s priorities included: research and development, lifelong learning and neighbourhood policy, in particular, with regard to Palestine. I support the compromise, but the negotiations also give cause for a great deal of concern for the future and have resulted in a lot of criticism within the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament.
We find it worrying that most of the negotiations were devoted to resolving conflicts within the Council, where a minority coalition of wealthier net contributors, including Sweden, are playing an increasingly negative role. They seem to be prepared to block an offensive policy for the future.
I am convinced that the EU’s budget needs to be strengthened in certain crucial areas if we are to be able to make a positive contribution to recovery, growth and employment, particularly in those Member States where the need is greatest. We must also improve our implementation of what has been promised in the budget. We therefore need to focus on implementation, payments and at least paying our accounts on time.
With the extremely negative attitude of certain Member States towards the EU’s role, we run the risk in future negotiations on the long-term budget of ending up in the worst situation imaginable where certain Member States wish to safeguard agricultural policy and refuse to amend it while others refuse to increase the budget. The risk is that we will not get new resources for what is really needed: research and development, infrastructure and energy and climate initiatives.
In view of the fact that the Commission, a broad majority of Parliament and the majority of the Member States agree on these needs, I hope that the Polish Presidency and the forthcoming Danish Presidency will actually be able to persuade the blocking minority to consider their responsibility and adopt a more constructive position."@en1
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