Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-03-28-Speech-3-206"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-03-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The future of the European Union's own resources (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070328.17.3-206"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-03-28-Speech-3-2072
lpv:speaker	lp:José Albino Silva Peneda2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-10-12--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Coligaçao Força Portugal (PPD/PSD.CDS-PP) (2004-07-20--2007-11-22)3 member; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I feel that the current system of funding the EU has run its course. It is my firm belief that, should we continue with the current system, it will be very difficult to define another financial framework to be in force after 2013, and the citizens will feel increasingly distant from the European institutions. This is because the system is based on rules – some of which are the result of a particular set of political circumstances and as such were originally temporary but became permanent – that are so opaque it is difficult for the average citizen to understand. If we retain the current system, I feel we will be heading towards the destruction of the essential values that have characterised the EU’s success in recent decades. In an exercise verging on humiliation, we discuss who is and is not a net contributor on a case-by-case basis. I therefore warmly welcome the Lamassoure report, which lucidly, prudently and with foresight, puts forward principles, recommendations and methodologies that I consider appropriate. I should like, however, to draw special attention to the fact that this reform is not exclusive to the financial field. The reform in question is far-reaching and essentially political, and the debate must not therefore be confined exclusively to Parliament and to the Council, and less still to ECOFIN. One of the essential prerequisites for the success of this reform concerns the participation of all the institutions – both European and national – throughout the process. I should therefore like to offer a final word of praise for the proposed methodology, which places the emphasis on, and encourages, the participation of the national parliaments."@en1

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