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"Mr President, this question of the European Union’s financial framework is crucial. It is crucial because the European Union must rise to formidable challenges: bringing the enlargement process to a successful conclusion, achieving the aim of cohesion, the symbol of our policy of solidarity, without forgetting the less favoured regions of the old Union of 15, meeting commitments under the common agricultural policy and Natura 2000 and, above all, achieving the Lisbon objectives in the realms of competitiveness, research, employment, training, environmental policy and public health while giving due consideration to the ageing of our population. This last point has not been addressed this afternoon, even though an ageing population clearly has economic and social implications for our future.
Faced by these challenges and by the explosive growth in Chinese competition, how does the Commission intend to position itself? At a time when the Commission and the Council are preparing to open the gates of Europe once again, can we continue to operate with a budget that has not developed since the 1990s, even though the European Union has subsequently taken on many new Member States and been accorded wider powers under a series of new treaties?
Mrs Grybauskaitė, we are not reassured. Questions need to be asked about the Commission’s desire to make tangible proposals. Arm yourself with the support of Parliament and do what you can to influence the one-per-centers, to bring home to them, as Mr Barroso said, that more Europe cannot be achieved without more money. Even allowing for the agreement on the CAP, we already know that it will be impossible to fund the Union’s regional policy between now and 2013 if we adhere to the one-per-cent ceiling.
Europe is on the move; it has been enlarged, it is ambitious, but are you sure, Mrs Grybauskaitė, that you have the means to fulfil its ambition? What we are asking you to do is tell us what resources are needed to finance our objectives. And you know that they will have to be increased. Be prepared, Commissioner, to defend the key positions vigorously. You must be aware that this would be a bad time to disappoint not only Parliament, but all the people of Europe too."@en1
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