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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would first like to acknowledge the excellent cooperation between the European Parliament delegation and the Danish Presidency on the budgetary framework and to extend my personal thanks to Mr Wammen.
The negotiations for the next framework will begin before Europe has emerged from the debt crisis. Contrary to what people think in some capitals, the European budget is not just one more problem. On the contrary, it contains part of the solution.
For, what is everyone clamouring for? Budgetary discipline? Long live the European budget! It is the only budget in the world to have always complied with the golden rule and, for ten years, it has increased less than all the national budgets.
Are we calling for national contributions to be reduced? Long live the financial transaction tax, which is to be allocated to the European budget to lighten national budgets accordingly!
Are we desperately searching for future investments? Long live the European budget! It enables us to achieve the critical mass in terms of scientific research, networks and renewable sources of energy that no country would achieve on its own. A euro well spent in Brussels saves several euro at national level.
Finally, in some capitals, we are even asking for an additional stage – that of a political Europe. Long live the European budget! The credibility of European professions of faith, which are heard here and there, will be measured by the position taken on the financing of EU policies."@en1
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