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"en.20120613.6.3-101-000"2
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"The European budget is vital as a powerful investment tool, a vehicle for cohesion and solidarity among states, a balanced budget, and a source of savings for national budgets through the pooling of expenditure.
We need a budget that is, for the most part, funded by own resources. The financial transaction tax (FTT) and VAT reform should help to increase the European budget, reduce the contributions from the Member States and give Europe budgetary sovereignty. The guidelines laid down by the former SURE Committee must be followed, particularly the increase of at least 5% and the creation of regions in transition for the Structural Funds. The Council’s ‘negotiating box’ cannot reduce the European Parliament’s negotiating capacity. It must be able to play the role of colegislator enshrined for it in the Treaties. I would pay particular attention in this document to the regions in transition (to ensure the cohesion of Europe as a whole), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) (to help workers who have been made redundant find work) and the food distribution programme.
I hope that the Belgian Government will defend these issues in the Council because we are defining the EU’s budgetary framework for the next seven years, so this is a key moment for the European project."@en1
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