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". – Mr President, first of all I support the overall budget. It operates within the financial perspective. We have no more important obligation than to live within our means.
I speak on what is probably the smallest line in the budget: EUR 2.9 million for the Ombudsman. That is a very small sum of money. It constitutes less than one cent per inhabitant of the European Union. Let us regard it as the "citizen's cent". We have to make sure that we listen to the citizens and if they have complaints, that there are procedures to redress them. That expenditure is well-spent. The Committee on Petitions very much hopes that its budget will now provide for a proper database so that citizens who are interested in pursuing their petitions will be able to see what progress is being made. We hope that will be achieved.
Finally, information is an important concern for this Parliament. We must see that we keep our information programmes. In particular I would cite Euronews so that people can see in the media what Parliament and the Union are doing."@en1
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