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dcterms:Date	"2011-10-26"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20111026.3.3-068-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-10-26-Speech-3-069-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:José Manuel Fernandes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2010-03-05--2014-06-30)3 member; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would also like to thank the Commissioner and Mr Dominik, and in particular all the Members and shadow rapporteurs who made this budget possible. I would also like to say something about Parliament’s budget, and a word about the Bureau of the European Parliament, as we have done a difficult yet fruitful job which, with the openness of the Bureau and its collaboration, enabled us to cut more than EUR 74 million from Parliament’s budget, as I have already mentioned. I would like to make some clarifications in relation to the savings on interpretation and translation spending. We will have a slightly squeezed principle of multilingualism. This principle is sacred to us, and the reduction in interpretation and translation expenditure is part of structural cuts which mean, for example, that committee meetings that were concentrated into Tuesday and Wednesday are to take place from Monday to Thursday. We have defended the principle of multilingualism from the very beginning, and it will never be called into question. In terms of travel, we have proposed a 5% cut for all kinds of travel, and in order for there to be a proposal by the Bureau in good time, by 31 March, we have requested that 15% of the travel appropriation be placed in reserve. General expenditure is a competence of the Bureau of the European Parliament, so in the conciliation meetings we asked the Bureau – and this forms part of the overall agreement – to freeze such expenditure, and that is what is happening. We have complied with the rules and competences of all parties in making savings. However, these savings do not put at risk the objective that we have set ourselves, namely excellence in lawmaking. Parliament and its institutions do have an austerity budget, but at the same time it is a budget sufficient for us to comply with the European project."@en1
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