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"Mr President, ‘And yet it moves!’ Galileo Galilei allegedly said. Now, after many years of fault-finding, the Galileo programme moves yet. I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, the Commission, the Commissioner and Parliament on forcing an agreement. But why is force needed? Why did the Council not act sooner? Why is it shocked and horrified that the Union has to pay again? Why are we not glad that the Union is willing and able to implement important programmes like Galileo? Why did we need to scrape together the necessary amount from left-over money instead of everyone bearing the costs of investment as well as the profit? Why does the Council try to reduce resources for cohesion policy from one year to the next – by more than EUR 100 million this year? Why was it necessary to withhold agricultural aid for the new Member States for ten years, and to make European citizens who are aided in different ways compete with each other in the common market?
When the Austrian emperor and king of Hungary asked for help with the wars of Maria Theresa, the Hungarian nobles gave the spirited response, ‘Our life and our blood!’ But they added ‘No oats,’ in other words, we will not bear the costs. It is difficult to be successful with such behaviour. We should not regard the Union’s budget as wasted money. It is an instrument through which European citizens get value for their money. Parliament, the Commission and finally the Council have worked on this. If only the thoughts and intentions had clicked sooner. Thank you for your kind attention."@en1
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