Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-03-08-Speech-2-355"
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"Mr President, I wish to confine my remarks to paragraph 28 of Mr Dombrovskis’ report, namely the paragraph applying to the costs that arise through Parliament being forced to work one week per month in Strasbourg, instead of concentrating its activities solely in Brussels. The direct costs of this are estimated at EUR 200 million per year. They do not include the loss of efficiency or the additional costs incurred by Members of the European Parliament. The total cost is probably closer to at least EUR 300 million per year.
Given that the EU’s objective in the Lisbon Process is to become the most competitive knowledge-based region of the world, the European Parliament’s unwillingness and inability to close down its activities in Strasbourg seems completely absurd. Voters cannot have respect for a political leadership that cannot even manage such an obvious changeover successfully, and one of a type that industry in general is always having to manage.
I do not think it sensible for the EU’s long-term financial perspectives to be wrapped up in an accumulated cost of EUR 2 billion for maintaining two places of work. These resources could instead be invested in technical research or something else that promotes growth. It is not acceptable to argue in favour of a larger budget as long as this anachronism is maintained. The long-term budget should therefore include this cost, and a decision should be taken to move operations to Brussels by no later than 2013."@en1
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