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I abstained from voting on the report before us, because I feel that what it proposes is somewhere between what I advocate (the Commission’s proposal) and a position that could not be further from mine (the 1% of GDP option).
Given that the proposal in this report has moved away from the Commission’s position (both the Prodi Commission and the current one), and would lead to an unjustified and unacceptable reduction in overall amounts, I am unable to vote in favour.
Nor can I vote against the report, however, because what it proposes is more favourable than what the Presidency of the Council had proposed – according to what is in the public domain – and certainly more than what the six largest contributors to the Community budget are proposing, namely to reduce the Union Budget to 1% of Community GDP.
My vote should therefore be seen as a vote in favour of continuing talks so that the EU’s obligations on cohesion and solidarity can be met, and so that the financial needs arising from the enlargement and from a broader range of powers can be met, without that resulting in directing losses for the other budget headings, such as the Structural Funds allocations."@en1
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