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"Mr President, European leaders continue to place emphasis on budget discipline, so I say let’s get down to it, because what exactly do we mean by budget discipline? I believe budget discipline means respecting agreements with pensioners rather than abandoning state commitments in mid-stream. I believe budget discipline means respecting the contracts of working people rather than inventing extraordinary taxes or cuts in subsidies. Budget discipline means respecting commitments to health, education and culture rather than closing services or shutting down and cancelling projects in mid-stream. Discipline means sorting out the banks rather than robbing taxpayers to put money into the hands of speculators so that they can save their banks. This is the budget discipline I would like to see implemented in the European Union, instead of continued subservience to the markets. If an example were needed, the budget under discussion in Portugal on the orders of the Troika is the perfect one, since it goes against all the commitments any State must have towards its citizens of not breaching the agreements made behind closed doors which are ruining Europe and its Member States."@en1
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