Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-10-23-Speech-2-165-000"
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"en.20121023.13.2-165-000"2
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"Mr President, it is unacceptable that, at a time of unprecedented budgetary constraints across Europe, the EU should be planning to increase its 2013 budget by 3 % – which is an inflation-beating figure – next year, with Parliament proposing a staggering 6 % rise in payments.
EU governments are being forced to keep an ever-closer eye on their national spending. The British Government, for instance, is to cut spending by an estimated GBP 83 billion, with individual departments having to slash their budgets by an average of 19 % each. There is no good reason why the EU should be exempt from the cold realities of a global spending crisis. Once again this organisation risks being viewed as out of touch by a European public subjected to painful austerity measures in their home countries and yet witnessing manifest profligacy in Brussels on a daily basis.
The EU is an expensive enterprise and demands a lot of money, but if it wishes to retain the confidence of EU citizens, it needs to tighten its belt like everybody else."@en1
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