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"I voted in favour of the report by my fellow Member, Mrs Balzani, defining the position of Parliament in the forthcoming negotiations on the 2012 budget. Today, the European Parliament has given instructions to those of its Members who will represent it before the Council and the Commission in the budget negotiations starting on 11 July. If there is a message in this vote, it is that the vast majority of us are intent on warning the Council against any attempt to reduce the European budget. We are not of course advocating spending for spending’s sake. We are well aware of the terrible crisis ravaging our continent. However – and the Socialists have been saying this for a long time – Europe will not emerge from this crisis by sacrificing its future and selling tomorrow’s growth on the cheap. We should, rather, have the courage to speak out and not fear confronting populism. We do not need less Europe. We need more Europe. Until we give the Union the resources it needs to fulfil its ambitions, it would be an illusion to believe that it will be able to return to the path our citizens want to go down."@en1
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