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We voted against the Brok report because the European Parliament’s self-seeking fight against the attempt to discontinue its budgetary prerogatives has led it to assume the ludicrous position of refusing to allow the people themselves to take a budgetary decision instead of their representatives, by adopting the Treaty.
This result clearly shows the extent to which this House is guided by short-sighted judgments, primarily inspired by its obsession with taking power away from the Member States. How can we expect the people to be interested in this kind of debate?
The matter should also provide an opportunity for us to question the basis of the multiannual Financial Perspective established by an interinstitutional agreement in 1988. It is highly ambiguous. Having been decided at European level, it has since been used to convince the national parliaments that they no longer have any real decision-making power when the time comes to set their annual contribution to the Union. Furthermore, it is probably detrimental to the European budget itself, as it limits opportunities to adjust it annually as required.
For all these reasons, if the Financial Perspective falls victim to the current crisis between the European Parliament and the Council, we shall not be sorry."@en1
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