Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-03-08-Speech-2-027-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-03-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Guidelines for the 2012 budget - other sections (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110308.6.2-027-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-03-08-Speech-2-028-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Claeys2
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, last week, I was asked by several voters in Flanders how it could possibly be that we, as members of the European Parliament, are still receiving EUR 1 500 a month to recruit additional staff at a time of economic problems and uncertainty, and at the very time when ordinary people are having to tighten their belts. What we are doing at present is actually spending even more. The voters’ questions and comments are absolutely spot-on. We, as the European Union, should be setting an example. We should be cutting our coat according to our cloth and, at precisely this point, we have no choice but to come to the unfortunate conclusion that this report by Mr Fernandes is something of a missed opportunity. Calls are being made – and rightly so, I think – for us to exercise responsibility and restraint with regard to the budget. Recital A even mentions, quote, ‘employing strict management procedures so that savings may be achieved,’ unquote. Well, it is unfortunate that this report fails to specify where exactly we could make those cuts. There are, of course, quite a few areas where they could be made – I am thinking of the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, and the trips between Brussels and Strasbourg which cost EUR 200 million per year. I challenge the Commission and the Council, but Parliament too, to carry out an exercise and put all these things in order, to look at where we can make savings and then translate this into an actual plan, so that we can put a number of things to debate and bring about savings."@en1
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