Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-12-15-Speech-4-037"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-12-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Draft general budget of the European Union Financial year 2006, modified by the Council (signature)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051215.13.4-037"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-12-15-Speech-4-0382
lpv:speaker	lp:Ivan Lewis2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I should like to begin by apologising to Parliament for arriving here late this morning. The reason for this is simply that I was told there was an entirely different timescale. Because of that I arrived at what I thought to be on time, so I genuinely apologise to all Members of Parliament for that misunderstanding. Certainly, had I been aware of the correct timing, I would have made sure, as a matter of courtesy to Parliament, that I arrived on time. So I genuinely apologise for that misunderstanding. I am pleased to note that the agreement reached between our two institutions, following negotiations at the conciliation on 24 November and the trialogue on 30 November has now been included in the 2006 budget. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that some small differences remain between us concerning the classification of expenditure in the budget and that the Council reserves its rights entirely in this respect. However, I am pleased to confirm that the Council can accept the maximum rate of increase resulting from your second reading. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Chairman of the Committee on Budgets, Mr Lewandowski, the two rapporteurs, Mr Pittella and Mr Dombrovskis, and the Commissioner, Mrs Grybauskaitė, for their constructive cooperation in establishing this budget. Let us hope this is good news in terms of the delicate negotiations that are taking place as we speak in relation to the financial perspective. That will be in the interests of the European Union and its relationship with the people of Europe. I thank you very much for the work we have done together to make the 2006 budget possible. Once again I apologise for the misunderstanding which caused me to arrive late this morning."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Ivan Lewis,"1 "President-in-Office of the Council"1

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