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"en.20120329.36.4-225-000"2
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"Madam President, the report on estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2013 contains a number of cost-saving measures which I am happy to support in order to reflect the struggle of our own Member States, which they continue to face and have done on a year-to-year basis in their own budgets since the financial crisis in 2008.
I welcome efforts to change working methods in Parliament, which I feel can be done in very many ways. Perhaps the most important measure, however, is that a single seat for the European Parliament could lead to very substantial savings. The general public are rightly outraged at the staggering figure of over EUR 450 million per year it takes to maintain the Strasbourg seat. It is unacceptable and must be stopped, and I urge colleagues from all Member States to support this cause.
I look forward to upcoming reports detailing avenues for savings in Parliament’s budget for 2013 and I hope that they will find further possibilities for efficiency. In recognising the calls for savings and the importance of the paragraph on the Strasbourg seat, I have decided to vote in favour of this report."@en1
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