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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-11-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparations for the European Council meeting (22-23 November 2012) with particular reference to the Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121121.4.3-036-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-11-21-Speech-3-037-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Lucas Hartong2
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2010-06-22--2014-06-30)3,3 member; BUDG (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2010-06-22--2014-06-30)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2012-09-10--2014-06-30)3,3 unknown; Partij voor de Vrijheid (2010-06-22--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; CONT (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the real political work does not take place in Strasbourg. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow the heads of state will meet to discuss the budget for the coming years. That decision is rightly theirs too, it is not a decision for Parliament or the Commission. The Member States foot the bills, so they also take the decisions. It is important to reiterate that, as most of those here forget it sometimes. I would like to thank the President-in-Office, Mr Mavroyiannis, who has made a good start on expenditure restraint. My country, the Netherlands, wants to do more though and is prepared to use its veto if more substantial cuts are not made to the proposed multiannual budget. Similar messages are coming out from the United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Denmark and Austria. Luckily we have that veto, because if the citizens were left to the mercy of the Commission and Parliament, this unbridled spending of their money would simply carry on night and day. The proposals made by Mr Mavroyiannis and Mr Van Rompuy are a start, but we could shave several tens of billions more off the budget. The situation where the north-west pays and the south-east squanders the money must be consigned to the past. This completely misplaced solidarity must stop as soon as possible. Certain countries clearly need to learn that when it comes to budgets it is not about solidarity, but solidity. On another point, Mr Swoboda, not a cent more should go to Gaza and Hamas, whose aim is to destroy Israel. Let the government of Gaza look after its own people for once, instead of European citizens having to pay for the rockets that threaten that state’s independence."@en1
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