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"Democracy inevitably costs a great deal of money. We are voting on a Parliament budget to the tune of nearly EUR 1 billion! A huge sum, although it remains within the agreed 20% of the estimate for all European institutions put together. We owe it to the citizens of Europe – the taxpayers, who have to produce this kind of capital – to keep the costs in check.
Reading in paragraph 18 about the buildings which Parliament needs, we can only conclude that a considerable amount of Community money is being squandered. Indeed, the European Parliament has no need at all for the building in which we are meeting this week! We have everything we need in Brussels in terms of facilities. Let it be clear that we have no need to buy this glass palace, whatever – I am sure – necessary conditions are being met. Recently, more than 400 Members once again stated that we want to decide for ourselves where we meet. We are hardly blaming the rapporteur for overlooking this in his report, which certainly deserves appreciation, for example, when he calls on the Council and European Parliament to agree on the statute of the Members. This Parliament should be deeply ashamed of the fact that, one year after the elections, this is still not even in sight.
The budget line suggested by the Court of Auditors for European parties is really not necessary. All-embracing budget lines of this kind blur our cultural and political diversity and increase the distance between ourselves and the citizen.
As far as the many thefts in the buildings are concerned, it is unacceptable that, despite an extensive security service, these can take place more or less on a daily basis.
With our vote against this budget, we want to send out a signal that a radical change is required in the priorities we set."@en1
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