Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-10-22-Speech-3-304"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Draft general budget 2009 (Section III) - Draft general budget 2009 (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081022.21.3-304"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-10-22-Speech-3-3052
lpv:speaker	lp:Thijs Berman2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2007-09-26--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; DEVE (2007-09-10--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; BUDG (2007-02-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-09-12--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the budgets of the other institutions boast a reasonable balance between the ever huge demand, an almost chronic demand, for more staff and the need to restrict expenditure. The European Parliament, being the cautious budgetary authority that it is, remains within the agreed boundaries (one fifth of the budget of the institutions), but invests in knowledge nevertheless, by increasing staffing levels within the groups and by increasing capacity in the library. This is necessary, because the questions we are faced with are invariably complex and related to globalisation and worldwide issues. The foundations are being laid for the introduction of the Members’ and Assistants’ Statutes, and this is a question of social justice that has been a long time coming. There will be more staff to liaise between the European Parliament and national parliaments, which is essential, even though the numbers involved are small. It is about exchange with national parliaments, which needs to improve. In our capital cities, there is often a huge lack of knowledge about Brussels’ agendas and about issues of subsidiarity, while the European citizens, more so than before, are asking critical questions about what should be regulated at national level, and what at European level. As for the other institutions, allow me just to say this: access for citizens should be paramount. This is why it is important to increase the staff of the Ombudsman, just to mention one aspect. The European Union must be open to every citizen, not least, and particularly, for citizens who have complaints."@en1
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