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"Mr President, we welcome the clear progress in negotiations with the Council on the new financial perspective. The outcome of yesterday’s trialogue, however, was merely the first step on the road to an agreement, and this step was taken halfway through the Austrian Presidency. It took three whole months for the Council to enter into negotiations. Meanwhile, in nine months the interinstitutional agreement will expire, a new programming period will start and the European Union will be joined by two more members, yet we still do not know what our budget will be and what kind of European Union we are striving towards.
We do not have time for negotiations that drag on for months, particularly as the EU’s citizens cannot comprehend why it is so difficult to reach an agreement if we are all working towards the same goal, namely balanced development in the interest of all Member States. Time works against progress, however, and delays in implementing new programmes are in effect lost investment opportunities and lost chances. This is something we will be accountable for to the citizens of the united Europe. In any case, we cannot afford to waste the next few weeks. A compromise must be reached as soon as possible."@en1
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