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Madam President, the 2006 budget will be the last one under this framework financial perspective both for the Commission and us all, and in a few weeks’ time in its preliminary draft budget, the Commission will propose only those preparations that it considers necessary. I thank Mr Pittella for having formed a very balanced approach; it is a step in the direction of achieving the platform of priorities common to both the Commission and Parliament.
The Commission adopted the APS 2006 decision on 2 March. For the Commission’s APS, this will frame both the PDB and the work programme for 2006 in line with the Commission’s five-year strategic objective. In particular, the first APS priority is focused on improving the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy, as you also mentioned.
Now it is Parliament’s turn to put forward its guidelines, and from Mr Pittella’s report I am pleased to see that the positions of Parliament and the Commission are close on many issues. The Commission’s general approach to the preparation of the 2006 budget will be mainly concentrated on five priorities. Firstly, to keep modulation for the Commission’s proposals to reinforce the ceilings for agriculture. Secondly, on payment appropriations, the Commission will base its position on the most reliable estimates of needs, and will report on the implementation of the funds in 2005 by July. Thirdly, on internal policies, Parliament’s priorities are globally shared by the Commission and will be reflected in its proposal, while leaving the margin under the ceiling well over EUR 100 million, including the youth policies, as already mentioned today. Fourthly, on external action, the needs are once again significant. That means that the Commission will call for the use of the flexibility instrument.
Finally, as regards human resources, we hear that there is a new proposal and that the Commission subscribes fully to the analysis made by the previous Commission. This was presented in 2002 in a communication on the consequences of enlargement on human resources. Parliament has also acknowledged the legitimacy of this request by inserting the principle of 3900 new posts for the EU-10 enlargement in the budgetary remarks of the 2005 budget.
In our mind there is no need for a review just one year after accession, but we need to implement what we have jointly agreed with Parliament. On this basis, for 2006, the Commission confirms the request of 700 new posts for the current enlargement and, in addition, it will request 100 external staff for preparing the next enlargement to remain in Bulgaria. The Commission will cooperate closely with the rapporteur and the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets and with the other arms of the budget authority to agree in December on the 2006 budget for the European Union and its citizens."@en1
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