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"The 2006 budget figures proposed by Parliament provide a clear message when viewed dispassionately. Commitments, or potential expenditures, as a share of gross domestic product exceed 9%. This is a good springboard for negotiations on the long-term financial perspective. Payments increased by almost 6% compared with 2005, which is a substantially higher increase in budgetary resources than in many Member States of the European Union. Considering the fact that the expected rate of inflation and economic growth in the European Union in 2006 is around 2%, it is apparent that the proposed budget is also reasonable from the macroeconomic standpoint. The problem that continues to dog us is that the gap between commitments and payments is too wide. This gap is again nearly EUR 10 billion, which reduces the flexibility and efficiency of the EU’s budgetary instrument. I therefore still consider it crucial that issues regarding the effective use of budgetary resources be resolved, that mechanisms for accessing financial resources in structural and cohesion funds be made more flexible and that the extensive ‘cushion’ between resources available those that are actually used be greatly reduced.
I would like to conclude by expressing my appreciation for the work of my fellow Members and of the rapporteurs from the Committee on Budgets. The results of their work also give us hope for the long-term budgetary outlook."@en1
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