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"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, ladies and gentlemen, in many countries the public are getting the impression that they contribute too much to the EU’s Budget, while getting too little back.
All too often, though, the public do not know what the money is spent on and in what ways. It is by their own strategy, Mr President-in-Office, that many Member States reinforce their negative attitude, transferring more and more responsibilities – rightly, let me say, and thank God they do – to the European Union, but they are willing to pay less and less. They convey the impression that they pay too much, while concealing the fact that the European Union has never made full use of the financial framework that they have had a share in deciding. I regard this dual strategy as irresponsible; it involves taking refuge in number games and in pointless formalities. The Europe of the future needs honest cooperation between the Council, Parliament, the European public and the Commission.
What Europe’s future also demands, though, is a clear answer to the question of how much money we need in order to successfully realise our political priorities. How much money do we need for growth, competitiveness, employment, research, the common foreign and security policy, the neighbourhood policy, social cohesion, sustainability, regional policy, small and medium-sized businesses, enlargement, the common agricultural policy and information and communication, to name only some of the items falling within the remit of the European institutions?
We call upon you to talk about the political priorities and to make available the funds that we need in order to carry out our tasks for the public’s benefit in a professional manner."@en1
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