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"en.20120216.23.4-239-500"2
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"As it did for 2012, the European Parliament is adjusting to budgetary austerity: this week, we have voted on freezing Parliament’s budget for 2013. Certainly, when the EU is going through a period of unprecedented financial and budgetary austerity, it is vital for the European institutions to show responsibility and contribute to the budgetary efforts being made. I of course voted in favour of the report, and I welcome its adoption. We are also calling for an independent evaluation of the European Parliament’s budget. In addition, our individual allowances as MEPs are to be frozen until the end of the parliamentary term, as are the budgetary lines related to travel and staff. More specifically, I would like to mention that I voted against Amendment 2 in favour of having a single seat for the European Parliament, because this is yet another attack against the seat in Strasbourg. I am, however, firmly in favour of maintaining the Strasbourg seat, not only for historical and symbolic reasons, but also in the name of the European Union’s principle of diversity. This is primarily a political matter affecting Parliament’s independence. The decision to use Strasbourg reflects a desire for a decentralised Europe that is not ‘concentrated’ in a single seat of power in Brussels."@en1
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