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"Mr President, I am glad the Council eventually reached a compromise on the future Financial Perspective in December. Nonetheless, I feel the so-called ‘New Year gifts’ method applied by the British Presidency is irresponsible and does not favour European cohesion policy. In addition, the drastic cuts in expenditure on structural funding are certainly not helping to build a Europe of solidarity. There are also concerns about the lack of clear criteria for how the future reserve fund of unused Cohesion Fund resources is going to be used. I believe the likely outcome to be that, instead of Europe being strengthened, it will become increasingly divided.
The first month of the Austrian Presidency is over, and by now the new Council ought to be ready to enter into specific discussions with Parliament. In the meantime, the absence of a negotiating mandate has certainly made us realise that time is money. The longer we have to wait for a compromise the more we are likely to lose out in terms of delays in the implementation of new programmes, especially those related to structural policy in an enlarged Europe."@en1
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