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"The delicate situation of the national economies reinforces the role that the EU budget must play: mainly as an instrument to support those economies. In this context, the EU budget must be carefully and responsibly considered, given the importance of its application. It is vital to safeguard and honour the EU’s commitments and, in this respect, the cuts made in the draft budget (DB) during the Council’s reading are worrying. It will perhaps be possible to reduce some appropriations in certain categories of the DB. However, if we accept the Council’s reading, the EU will be at risk of not honouring its debts. While not wanting to make the error of seeming inflexible with regard to the Council’s strategy, and bearing in mind that the EU’s institutional credibility is at stake, I have to say that the response to the crisis must be ‘more Europe’ and not ‘less Europe’. I therefore support the Commission’s DB, which is in line with Parliament’s priorities on the programmes and initiatives to be used to deliver these objectives. As a result, the priorities for the 2013 budget must consist in support for sustainable growth, competitiveness and employment, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises and youth."@en1
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