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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that the European Parliament is being called upon to confirm its approach, an approach of responsibility, vision and unity. As far as responsibility is concerned, we wish to give Europe a dignified budget. European citizens, young people, enterprises, farmers, municipalities and regions, workers and the unemployed need a budget with a moderate, sustainable and realistic increase. If we do not yet have this budget, it is not the fault of a spendthrift Parliament, which forgets we are living through times of crisis. Instead, it is the fault of some selfish, falsely moralistic national governments, as quick to jump on their soapboxes as they are unwilling, as in the case of Great Britain, to relinquish their claim to nearly 30 years of unfair privileges. If three governments are selfish and bad, the other 24 cannot be subject to their will but must react, Mr President, Mr Wathelet. They must show what they are made of! We hold the future of our citizens very dear when it comes to our vision for the future. The Treaty of Lisbon and the EU 2020 strategy set us new tasks, new duties, new ambitions to build a better tomorrow. How will we achieve these tasks? How will we put our shared ambitions into practice? What money can we use to enter into another imbroglio, like the Lisbon Strategy, which was never achieved but certainly not for want of trying by the European Parliament? Lastly, when we speak of unity, we mean unity between MEPs and unity with the Commission. President Barroso's speech this evening was good. We do not need soothing, we need to flex our muscle with reason but with determination We have unity on this matter and this is a valuable asset, an extraordinary strength that represents 500 million citizens."@en1
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