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"Mr President, I wish to thank Mr Pittella and Mr Dombrovskis for their very good work.
Mr Dombrovskis, as rapporteur for other institutions, has incorporated most of our group’s priorities into his final resolution. One such priority was the retention of Parliament’s budget at the 20% level of heading 5. If used effectively, this benchmark provides us with the stability and rigour necessary for any budget. Moreover, we have increased the reserve allocated to property investment and we reserve the right to utilise the EUR 20 million reduction in the contingency reserve as a capital injection for any eventual purchase of new parliamentary buildings. The policy on acquisition of property was very successful and made much financial sense.
In contrast, the policy on communication and information was disappointing, since we have failed to convince European citizens that the European Parliament is representing their aspirations and their interests. In this year’s budget we have made available enough funds to start implementing, hopefully, an effective and citizen-friendly information strategy.
Naturally, more needs to be done to improve the streamlining of an activity-based budget and to improve the efficiency of our operations. If we had to evaluate critically and objectively the impact of the ‘raising the game’ exercise, one has to acknowledge that a few of these objectives have actually been achieved. Realistically, however, there is no reason why, in the coming year, the administration should not achieve most of its stated targets. There is very little room for complacency. Bottlenecks should be eliminated and we have to sharpen our focus on the core operations, ensuring a more efficient use of our resources and cutting down on waste and duplication. Proper manpower planning, including redeployment, recruitment harmonisation and training services improvement should also be considered priorities in 2006. We need to initiate a prioritised plan catering for our future needs, bearing in mind that, with effect from 2009, we would have to budget over EUR 100 million per annum resulting from the Members’ Statute.
These changes and reforms should improve the quality and performance of our institutions. However, in the final analysis, one has to review this in terms of the impact on the new citizens, offering them a product with added value that meets their expectations and, in so doing, strengthens the image and credibility of the European Parliament and other institutions."@en1
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