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Since the beginning of the year, the Committee on Budgets has been drafting the European Parliament’s priorities for the 2012 EU budget. Parliament’s position, which is necessary for talks with the EU Council, will be formulated on the basis of these priorities. It would appear that this year’s conciliation between Parliament and the Council will be even more challenging than was the case in 2010. The Council, which is opposed to any increase in the EU budget, has already announced its own savings plan, which is rather convenient, since it concerns budget lines which have not been fully exploited to date. At the same time, Parliament is in favour of an increase in the 2012 budget, but only in line with the Eurostat inflation rate. The latter is an objective rate which we cannot vote upon, as some people seem to believe. How can the European Parliament justify the proposed increase?
Firstly, implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy, including the twin goals of increasing education and employment levels. Without adequate funding, these goals will remain defunct, and Europe 2020 will follow in the footsteps of the renowned and ineffective Lisbon Strategy.
Secondly, the EU budget is already bursting at the seams; the European External Action Service, the Galileo system, the Solidarity Fund and the Globalisation Fund are generating expenditure which it was impossible to predict six years ago, when the current financial perspective was negotiated.
While on the subject of rational expenditure, I would also call upon Members of this House to take a critical look at the ‘buildings policy’, which we cannot afford. One example of this would be the increase in office space announced for Brussels."@en1
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