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"Mr President, in an act of contempt towards many Member States that are having to implement tough austerity measures, the European Commission came up with a 4.9% increase for the 2012 budget. This increase, given the countries’ shared predicament, naturally could not be accepted by the Council, but they still allowed for a 2% increase, which I find unacceptable.
This House has turned a deaf ear to the Council’s proposal, as it is now asking for a 5.2% increase. The justification for the increase is the need for investments to take the EU out of the crisis. Stop! Think! Ask yourselves what happened with all the taxpayers’ money we have already invested to achieve the long-promised objectives of the Lisbon Agenda. Why do we need to put more money into failed projects like GALILEO, which is costing the taxpayer EUR 22 million? Why do we need to put more money into vanity projects like the House of European History? Why can we not reduce MEPs’ allowances? But above all, when will this Parliament stop saying: let them eat cake?"@en1
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