Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-26-Speech-3-183-500"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-10-26"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20111026.16.3-183-500"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Marit Paulsen, Olle Schmidt and Cecilia Wikström (ALDE )2
lpv:translated text	"We chose to abstain in the final vote on the 2012 budget. We would have preferred Parliament to agree on a smaller final amount as per the proposal tabled by the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. We would emphasise the importance of ensuring quality in the budget and not simply looking at the figures. The funds should be used in a positive way – to create added value for Europe and, in particular, establish common solutions to the major challenges we are facing. We are pleased that the budget is slowly being reformed from a contribution mechanism to smart investments, and we intend to continue to drive this process in the right direction. We therefore chose not to vote against the major sections of the draft budget, as this would have been a mark against the positive investments in research and innovation that these contain. However, at the same time it is important to create a focused and realistic budget at a time when Europe is dealing with a debt crisis that is having enormous social and economic consequences. At a time when Europe is making savings, we in the European Parliament should not strive to attain an expanded budget. That is why we abstained in the final vote. We hope that the conciliation procedure with the Council will result in a good compromise that retains the European added value, but with a total expenditure ceiling that is somewhat lower."@en1

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