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In this first draft general budget of the European Union (or Preliminary Draft Budget – PDB) for 2005, some broad themes can already be seen. Without prejudice to any future corrections, it is possible to conclude that what runs through the whole of this budget is major concern for institutional reform (increase in appropriations for expenditure in respect of staff in active employment; increase in administrative expenditure; increase in expenditure on financial control). It is a pity that the Council’s draft budget for the financial year 2005 is, in total, equal to 1% of the Gross National Income (GNI) of the 25 EU Member States, maintaining the pressure – publicly defended by various Member States – to lower the 1.24% ceiling. Such a move would hold back the recent accession of ten new Member States and, indeed, attempts to advance institutional Europe.
I endorse the admirable concern in this budget for institutional operational capability as regards various policies, although I feel that we remain a long way from achieving our true ambition of sustainability, prosperity and integration, an ambition that the citizens hold dear."@en1
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