Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-12-15-Speech-3-312"
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"Labour MEPs have voted against the budget package because, at a time when such severe cuts are being made to domestic public spending, we do not believe it is appropriate for the EU budget to increase.
We certainly don't support the way that many governments are risking their economies by slashing public spending. But that does not mean we should automatically support an increase in overall spending by the European Union.
The EU will be doing a lot of important work next year, in many cases providing support to those areas that will be hardest hit by domestic cuts. However, where new expenditure is required, we believe it would have been possible to find savings to free up money for important projects.
Given the current pressure on domestic economies, these budget negotiations could have been an opportunity to persuade EU leaders to tackle wasteful EU expenditure in areas such as agricultural subsidies, which often undermine the economies of the very countries that the EU's international aid budget sets out to help. However, this budget package leaves those subsidies virtually untouched.
Against this background, Labour MEPs could not support an increase in the EU budget."@en1
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