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"The June List rejects Parliament’s draft Budget for 2005, whereby the EU’s commitments would increase to 1.24% of the EU countries’ anticipated gross domestic income. We believe that the commitments for 2005 should definitely not exceed the Commission’s proposal of 1.14%. Even though the payments still do not exceed 1% of gross domestic income, these will gradually increase to the level of the commitments in the Budget for 2005. This forms the basis for the long-term financial framework. It is therefore important to come down to a lower level by no later than 2005. The target should be to come down below the expenditure ceiling of 1% of gross domestic income.
Below is a selection of proposed cutbacks:
We believe that the EU should begin cutting back on agricultural subsidies by no later than 2005.
The subsidy for European political parties should be completely abolished.
The subsidy for tobacco cultivation should be abolished. It should be up to the individual countries to ensure that the farmers affected successfully switch to other forms of production.
The subsidy for information efforts can be reduced because we believe it to be difficult, politically, to provide objective information prior to referendums on the Constitution. We believe it to be the responsibility of the individual countries and of the political parties in these countries to provide this information. The EU should avoid interfering in the democratic process in the Member States."@en1
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