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"Madam President, at a time when governments not just across the EU, but, in fact, across the world, are having to tighten their belts and look at every penny spent, it is shocking that here in the EU, we have actually increased the budget.
The budget should not even have been frozen – it should simply have been cut to reflect what national governments are having to do, which is to tighten their belts and act more responsibly. When you look at government expenditure, it is about time we had more transparency in all government expenditure, be it at EU level, national level, or across the world. It is time more governments published not only what they take in, but also what they pay out, so that citizens in the respective countries can hold those governments and politicians to account.
Therefore, I would welcome, as many people would, more transparency concerning revenue and expenditure under the EU budget, particularly with reference to Parliament. That would clearly show that having more than one seat for the European Parliament is costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of euro. It is a disastrous waste and it sets a bad example to our citizens."@en1
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