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"Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome the amendments to the structural funds that the Council adopted in the recent negotiations. Unlike Parliament, the Council displayed a far higher degree of realism and awareness of the genuine needs of the Member States. I warmly welcome the fact that the Council intends to pay non-recoverable VAT out of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Similarly, the fact that the ERDF will fund housing expenditure, albeit on a limited basis, is something that I welcome as good news for the citizens. Thirdly and lastly, and thanks again to the Council unfortunately, there has been a change with regard to automatic decommitment, in other words from the old familiar N+2 rule, to N+3. The Member States are now in a much better position to realise projects and receive money. Ladies and gentlemen, the only conclusion to be drawn from this is that the Council has shown far greater solidarity than Parliament as regards the negotiations on the structural funds. I strongly believe that we should support the Council position instead of thinking of clever ways of changing the rules and the budget during the funding process."@en1

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