Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-26-Speech-3-041-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-10-26"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20111026.3.3-041-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:François Alfonsi2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partitu di a Nazione Corsa (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, our group will be abstaining from this vote. Our abstention is the outcome of conflicting reactions. On the one hand, we cannot help but deplore the Commission’s inertia, or even ‘autism’ over the energy question. Since our previous budget debate, the Fukushima nuclear disaster has happened. Germany, Italy, Switzerland and others immediately learnt fundamental lessons from it. However, at the Commission, and this budget is a reflection of this, there is little movement, if any. There has been some barely noticeable tinkering around the edges, together with this obstinate persistence in supporting ecologically and technologically dead-end projects, such as shale gas, or the very costly ITER project. On the other hand, we want to add our weight to the vast majority who are against the unsustainable budget cuts the Council has made. By cutting EUR 3.5 billion payment appropriations at a time when the 2012 financial year is approaching, with the 2007–2013 contracts reaching their term: at a time, therefore, when there is a high level of importance attached to needs, the measure the Council is proposing is not an economy measure, but one of strangulation. Parliament should stand together in the face of this kind of anti-Europe attitude. As we approach the negotiations, it is important to remind ourselves that the EU budget has never been in deficit, that there is no EU debt, and that through our pooling of resources and policies, this budget yields a high return in terms of value added. If we attack the European Union’s financial resources, we will not combat the economic and financial crisis: we will worsen it."@en1
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