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"We have today voted in favour of Mr Sousa Pinto’s report on the Interinstitutional Agreement. The report states that the Interinstitutional Agreement that the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have managed to reach is compatible with primary European law and the Treaties. It is a positive thing that we have finally reached a settlement on the EU’s long-term budget. At the same time, it is disappointing that no further progress was made in respect of the reform of the budget. We should have liked to have seen a thorough overhaul of the agreement on agricultural funding and a methodical reform of regional aid. More of the EU’s resources should be spent in areas such as research and fighting crime, poverty and climate change, as well as on work to make the EU the most competitive economy in the world. The reform of the budget must be kept to the fore when the agreed overhaul is due to take place in 2008/2009.
There are also sections of the report that we would rather have done without. Amongst these we might mention what is known as the Globalisation Fund and the text relating to ‘own resources’. It is our opinion that it must continue to be the Member States that decide what resources the EU has at its disposal."@en1
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