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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-12-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Draft general budget 2008 as modified by the Council (all sections) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071211.35.2-237"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-12-11-Speech-2-2382
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Mulder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Quaestors (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, once again we can congratulate ourselves that an agreement has been reached after so many attempts. It was a long and painful process and everyone who played a part can now look back on it with a clear conscience. The big question is whether this is the best procedure for adopting the budget. I think that it would be a good idea, once the new Treaty has been ratified, for us to look again at whether we cannot find a quicker and more effective way to do this. We could also, for example, consider the question of whether deciding on pilot schemes and preparatory actions at this late stage is the best method or whether we should do that at an earlier stage. I think the latter. If we look at the negotiations, the major successes of this budget are the Galileo project and the European Institute for Technology. When I read the press reports about all the negotiations, it always seems as if there is only one institution that matters and that is the Council of Ministers. Once the agreement was concluded and you read the press reports, it was always ‘agreement has been reached in the Council of Ministers’. Is it not possible to get the message through to the public for once that it was not exactly like that? It was difficult to persuade the Council to adjust the multiannual budget. In itself that is commendable: the Treaty is still new, but there was a pressing need for it. I think that we should adhere to the Treaty and to the multiannual budget, but that also applies to the Council, especially as regards the point in Article 44 on the presentation of country statements concerning sound financial management. Perhaps the Council could also give that some attention."@en1

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