Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-12-12-Speech-1-081-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Revision of the multiannual financial framework to address additional financing needs of the ITER project (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111212.14.1-081-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-12-12-Speech-1-082-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Estelle Grelier2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2012-06-16)3 substitute; PECH (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2012-06-16)3 member; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2009-09-16--2012-06-16)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2009-07-14--2012-06-16)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I find it hard to celebrate the fact that we have reached an agreement with the Council on financing the extra cost of ITER. The point of these discussions (which muddied the negotiations on the budget) was not simply to find a solution for ITER. The main issue was, in fact, to deal with the underfunding of the European Union budget, which has become a structural problem to the extent that we are now in a position of questioning whether or not the EU has the capacity to honour its international commitments. The ITER project is yet another illustration of the fact that the EU budget is not adequate to meet either the EU’s ambitions or our strategies. The reason that ITER has become, and will continue to be, one of the greatest sources of ongoing tension between Parliament and the Council is that Member States are demanding ever more from the European Union on the project, but are not willing to bear the financial consequences. By tinkering around the edges, and proposing short term solutions for funding these increasingly costly major projects, Member States are jeopardising the Union’s capacity, from 2013 onwards, to afford the tasks for which it is responsible. For the period 2014 to 2020, by deciding to remove the ITER and GMES projects from the next financial framework, even though they were both established as research and development projects by a majority vote, the Commission is admitting that it is actually unable to guarantee that the financial resources will be there to meet our responsibilities. This is a serious admission of failure and incapacity. The Union does not have the wherewithal to abide by its international commitments, and yet research, innovation and energy are among the major aims of the 2020 strategy, along with employment, sustainable development and growth. Pitting these different priorities against each other is not the way to …"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1
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