Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-26-Speech-3-189-001"
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"en.20111026.16.3-189-001"2
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"It is important that the EU takes the same responsibility for making savings and improving efficiency that the Member States are having to do during this time of economic crisis. Even EU politicians need to make savings. We have therefore been working to get the MEPs’ mission allowances and other allowances frozen. We have also been campaigning for savings within the area of MEPs’ travel costs, and we welcome the large saving that is now being made within the European Parliament. However, we believe that more could have been done to reduce Parliament’s costs. In particular, we regret the fact that we cannot put an end to travelling to Strasbourg.
At the same time, it is also important for a reasonable investment rate to be maintained, so that Europe remains competitive in the future, too. Now more than ever we need to invest for jobs and growth – research, development, climate and training. We are also keen for the payments from the EU’s budget to be maintained at an adequate level. Reducing these payments would put an end to several Structural Fund and research projects that have already been decided on. The EU must be able to pay its accounts. We would, however, have welcomed further savings by means of a reduction in EU agricultural aid. We voted against additional aid for the EU’s vegetable producers and believe, in particular, that the EU’s export, tobacco and alcohol subsidies should be abolished.
We also believe that the EU has an important role to play in the democratisation process in North Africa following the Arab Spring. We support the increased appropriation for Palestine and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which has had problems with a reduction in bilateral aid, as well as higher costs as a result of the Arab Spring."@en1
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