Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-10-19-Speech-2-395"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-10-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Budget review (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20101019.21.2-395"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-10-19-Speech-2-3972
lpv:speaker	lp:Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 substitute; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Democraten 66 (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I can still remember that we always used to look rather pityingly on the multiannual plans in the Soviet Union, but if I am not mistaken, they lasted for only five years, whilst we now have very inflexible multiannual budgets with a term of seven years. As I see it, one of the main problems at the moment – and this was confirmed by Commissioner Lewandowski’s words on the subject – is that we are focusing too much on feasibility. After all, this only benefits vested interests. Of course, we have unanimity, and there lies a major problem. Yet the only things currently served by the EU budget are vested interests: vested interests in agriculture, in fisheries, in the cohesion aspect, and also in ‘old’ industry, if I may call it that. Vested interests pose a risk to the dynamic economy we want to see in Europe. I see Europe, and the budget in particular, as a very large crude oil tanker. It is hard to change its course, but we now have the opportunity to take it out of the water and into the dockyard. Let us seize that opportunity and take a look at whether we cannot convert that large tanker into a couple of much smaller speedboats. Finally, with regard to own resources, these are important not only because Europe then has its own resources, but also to enable us to now combat the perverse effect of Member States’ contributions. Member States are interested in just one thing, which is how much money they can scrape back from the European budget, and that would be combated by a system of own resources."@en1
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