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"Mr President, Commissioner, in view of the initial positions of the Council and the Commission, this budgetary procedure deals with the challenge of being capable of contributing to the historic task of enlargement and funding the reform of the working methods of our institutions. The reports by Mr Färm and Mr Stenmarck reflect Parliament’s concerns and priorities in relation to these issues and I therefore join in congratulating them on their excellent work.
The budgetary guidelines must be based on elements which are of interest to the citizens: the objective of full employment and the Union’s solidarity policies. And, before mentioning other aspects, I would like to thank the Commissioner for her expressed commitment for 2003 to fund the last stage of the structuring programme for the fishing fleets. The budget for 2003 faces difficulties similar to those of recent years and rather more serious in the field of administrative expenditure.
Furthermore, the Union’s commitments in external aid and the continuous demands of the security and defence policy must receive a budgetary response compatible with the rights of Parliament and the financial framework in force. In this respect, we must carefully analyse the Commission’s proposal on the creation of a new budgetary mechanism to confront the implications of the crisis.
In the field of management we may come across difficulties in payments, despite the fact that year after year we have a surplus. It is therefore necessary to have detailed knowledge of the final amount resulting from the non-execution of the spending commitments and, likewise, to know the evaluations necessary in the medium term of the multiannual commitments of policies funded by means of heading 3. This could provide us with a margin for flexibility in order to more efficiently adapt political priorities to the available resources.
Finally, I would point out that the citizens have offered an historic example of confidence by accepting the euro without hesitation and they have shown us the way forward. The Union’s budget must reflect this confidence and contribute to strengthening the policies of the States aimed at full employment, solidarity and economic growth."@en1
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