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Restore confidence, make Europe into something better, not bigger – this is one of the key messages the majority of citizens of France and the Netherlands delivered to their leaders last week.
This is also one of our priority tasks: to redefine our project and our very identity, and to make better use of the resources we want to devote to it.
People are saying today that the double ‘NO’ has revived the chances for governments to agree on the financial perspective, as it is so obviously urgent to restore confidence and strengthen the European project. And I wonder if this perspective is really such good news for those who, like me, want an ambitious budget to make tomorrow’s Europe a successful one.
How can we hope to achieve our ambitions in terms of research and development, the environment, employment and the protection of backward regions, how can we succeed with enlargement if the ‘club of 6 skinflints’ does not allow some concessions? A Europe of 25 Members cannot succeed with less money than when it only had 15!
Since the two referenda took place, promises have come thick and fast: a better Europe, a relaunched, pro-employment Europe, and so on. These are merely gratuitous promises if not backed up by the budget. This is why I voted in favour of the Böge report – a report full of ambition both in its figures and in its aims."@en1
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