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"en.20121023.4.2-048-000"2
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"Madam President, my UK Liberal Democrat colleagues and I support a great deal of what is in the resolution here today. We support a move to own resources allowing Europe to raise more of its own funding while reducing Member States’ GNI contributions. We support a more flexible budget allowing Parliament to switch spending in-year and, most importantly, allowing end-year under-spends to be rolled over into the next financial year instead of being handed back to Member States. We also support spending on growth and jobs and the objectives of the 2020 strategy.
We also want to see a genuine mid-term review of the MFF budget in 2017 so that the ceilings can be looked at again if and when – as we all hope – growth has returned and austerity is on the retreat.
Where we cannot agree is on the size of the budget. In my own Member State, welfare benefits are being cut, health and education spending is frozen and wages are frozen or declining. It is therefore impossible to justify any significant increase in the EU budget. That is why I want to see a budget that better reflects the tough times that all national governments are facing at this time. However, we can only accept a smaller budget provided we get greater flexibility so that we can deliver on our key priorities."@en1
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