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"Mr President, can I also thank the rapporteur and in particular welcome the approach which has led to lowering the increase to an actual figure of 0.8%? I particularly welcome the freeze on the general expenditure allowance for 2012: a cut of 5% in the travel budget, savings in translation and interpretation costs, plus all the other savings we identified in our negotiations. The S&D Group would perhaps have liked to have gone a little further, and that is why we have tabled amendments calling for a freeze in all allowances, including the daily allowance, for 2012.
We have also asked the Bureau to have a proper review of travel costs, including finding ways of reducing the number of business flights. We have also called for a comparative study of the European Parliament’s budget, comparing our budget with, perhaps, Member States’ parliaments and the Congress in the US. We have also called for a more transparent and open buildings policy and we would like to ensure that this Parliament is fully informed in the future about proposals on new building developments.
I would have liked to have gone even further than that and called for a freeze in all allowances for the rest of this particular mandate. I have no doubt that with more work, with further analysis of our spending in this Parliament, we can go further and make even more savings. We have made a good start his year. We have shown that we can make savings and, at the same time, we can protect the proper functioning of this Parliament."@en1
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