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"Mr President, as we have seen, the previous debate did have some bearing on the outcome of the negotiations on the 2012 budget. As the President-in-Office of the Council is with us – and let me also welcome the Commissioner, Mr Lewandowski – I would like to say how pleased I am that an agreement has been reached in conciliation on the 2012 draft budget.
This agreement will allow us to conclude the budgetary procedure within the deadlines set out in the Treaty and implementing texts. I would like to thank the Commission and congratulate the young Polish Presidency on achieving unanimity within the Council. The agreement refers both to the 2012 budget and to draft amending budget No 6/2011. I would also like to congratulate our rapporteurs, who will tell us which are the key points for the European Parliament within this budget.
In this period of crisis, which we have discussed at length, we have succeeded in reconciling two apparently contradictory objectives, both equally necessary: on the one hand, reducing operating costs, and, on the other, maintaining essential future spending in order to support economic activity and guarantee future competitiveness. Yet, at the same time, there are two lessons that we need to learn from this achievement.
Lesson one is that we cannot continue to negotiate backwards, starting with payment appropriations, when political choices translate into commitment appropriations. Parliament wants the three institutions to work together with cool heads in the coming months in order to examine how the appropriations are spent and the precise requirements, line by line. This should ensure that our examination of the 2013 budget will be based on full information, avoiding another budget freeze with adjustments across the board for the third year running.
The second lesson is that we have proved that we can no longer fund the European budget from national contributions. Next Monday, we will begin negotiations between Parliament and the Council, together with the Commission, on the new own resources needed to fund the European budget and reduce national contributions.
For Parliament’s part – I have said it before and I say it again here formally – there can be no agreement on the next financial framework without a political agreement on going back to financing from own resources. Here and there, I hear loud voices calling for budgetary federalism. This is the best opportunity for those making those strong calls to translate their dreams into a European reality."@en1
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