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"Mr President, the European Parliament’s Committee on Development has reiterated its priorities in its opinion on the 2012 budget.
First, Heading 4 of the EU budget is chronically underfunded. It is important to rectify this, to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals become something more than a pipe dream.
Second, the ‘Arab Spring’ is also a challenge for us in terms of the budget. Robbing Peter to pay Paul is not the solution: we must mobilise additional resources. The same applies to funding policies that aim to mitigate the impact of climate change on developing countries.
Third, let us be more selective in how we allocate our funds. Let us target our budget resources at combating poverty in poor countries. Rich and emerging countries already generate enough resources to reduce poverty within their own borders.
Fourth, there are many of us who believe that without new forms of funding, in particular the financial transaction tax, we may not be able to afford to meet the goals we have set ourselves in the context of the European Consensus on Development."@en1
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