Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-12-11-Speech-2-242"

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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	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071211.35.2-242"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-12-11-Speech-2-2432
lpv:speaker	lp:Margaritis Schinas2
lpv:spokenAs	member; BUDG (2007-10-11--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-10-11--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2007-10-01--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2007-10-01--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2007-10-10--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this year’s budget is resounding proof that the Community method works. This year we have demonstrated the added value that the European Union can provide in resolving complex problems where the original plans failed. This is borne out not only by the spectacular success of Galileo, but also by the way in which we were able to provide Frontex with new, necessary funding to meet new challenges; and by the pilot schemes, and the European Institute of Technology. Simply put, the European Union shows that it can provide Community solutions to large-scale, complex problems where others have failed. This is the first positive message. However, there is another, negative message connected with the broader trend of the budget figures: the fact that this year we are spending, for next year, 0.95% of the Community GDP does not strike me as good news. I have heard that some fellow Members regard it as a success. For me it is not. It proves that we are spending as much now, with 27 Member States, as we were when there were 15. Budgets at this level do not represent the scale of ambition of the European enterprise. Building on this year’s success, we should start preparing the future allocations in good time, and I am glad that discussion of this has already begun. Let me end on a personal note: on Thursday when we vote on the budget, it will be a year since Loyola de Palacio – the architect of this great European project – passed away. A great European, a great woman, a woman who initiated this process, the successful conclusion of which we shall be voting through on Thursday. I believe that for a politician who speaks through her work, there can be no better memorial."@en1

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