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"Mr President, this is the first time we have had to negotiate the European budget during a financial crisis as serious as the one we are experiencing at this very moment. For the first time, we have succeeded in bringing this process to a positive conclusion in less time than provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon. This is a great success for the European Union as a whole and for all the institutions involved. In this respect, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the European Parliament as a whole and, most of all, Mr Lamassoure and the rapporteurs Ms Balzani and Mr Fernandes, Commissioner Lewandowski and the entire team, for approaching the discussion this year in such a constructive and responsible manner, resolving the major problems faced by the European Union in the coming year.
I would like to stress that throughout the whole process of negotiating the 2012 budget, there were no serious disputes as to the priorities of the European Union which should be financed in the future. Instead, there was a very precise and professional discussion concerning the funds which are needed to implement the priorities and how these priorities should be arranged so that European society gains the most favourable impression of EU policies, and so that these policies are directed primarily at issues where they are most eagerly anticipated.
I would also like to draw your attention to the fact that, in response to this spirit of reconciliation which prevailed in the course of our debates, the Council approved all the priorities proposed by Parliament, particularly regarding commitment appropriations. Similarly, I would like to thank you for the European Parliament’s very positive and tolerant attitude towards, and full understanding of, the priorities proposed by the Council, in particular, in relation to the payment appropriations. Parliament has shown itself to be fully open to the needs of the Member States and their budgetary situations, and to the crisis which prevails today, and has displayed a full understanding of the issues while studying the Council’s proposals in this regard.
I also have the pleasure today of informing you that yesterday, during the meeting of the ECOFIN Council, the 2012 budget was adopted unanimously, while a majority voted was obtained in favour of letter of amendment No 6 to the 2011 budget, so, as far as the Council is concerned, the entire budgetary procedure for the year 2012 has been completed successfully."@en1
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