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"Mr President, as always when it comes to our budget, this is a conscientious and competent piece of work, but, from a purely political point of view, it has unfortunately got stuck in a rut. As the previous speaker said, it is not a budget for the 21st century. It is clearly based on the idea that the EU’s expenditure should just carry on increasing
. At some point we must put a stop to this.
I would like to mention three points very briefly. It says here that if GNI falls, which it will do now, the EU’s budget must not be affected. We cannot carry on operating like this. It is better for money to be spent in the individual countries when they see their economies slump and collapse in the way that is happening now.
The report proposes more money for new areas of activity based on the Treaty of Lisbon. This is arrogance towards the democratic ground rules. That Treaty has been rejected.
At the same time, the report fails to propose any cost-cutting measures. However, there is actually scope for large savings in agriculture, the Structural Funds, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and elsewhere. Please make these savings!"@en1
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