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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-02-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Broad political framework for the next financial perspective: Making Europe prosper – policy agenda and budgetary means for an enlarged Union 2007-20132
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040210.9.2-182"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-10-Speech-2-1832
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3 member; CONT (2003-01-29--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-09-18--2004-04-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, there is a Dutch saying, ' ' or, to put it another way ‘grasp all, lose all’. This is aimed at Commissioner Schreyer, who wants EU spending to reach up to the ceiling of 1.24% of the Gross National Product. This proposal is unrealistic from the outset, given that six net contributors want to restrict the EU budget to 1%. The past decades have shown that subsidies for regional policy hardly have any impact, except in Ireland. It is therefore surprising that the Commission should propose to increase this item by 23%. Has the Commissioner ever heard of subsidy addiction? We propose an automatic restriction of the net revenue of the Member States that enjoy a level of prosperity above 90% of the European average. Annually, they should not receive more than 1% net of the Gross Domestic Product. This would give the necessary breathing space for the much poorer regions in the acceding countries. It is likely that structural policy in those countries is also more effective. The fifty-fifty distribution between old and new Member States, as now proposed by Commissioner Barnier, is a stab in the dark. Given the narrow margins in national budgets, little political realism is shown by the decision to spend money on tarting up a European institution that will, at best, be a replica of NATO. One proposal meets with our approval. It concerns the introduction of a general correction mechanism for Member States that contribute excessive amounts to the funding of the European Union. For the rest, we would ask the Commissioner for multi-annual budgets that, instead of stating more of the same, offer real priorities and realistic, viable options."@en1

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