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"Mr President, I do not want to deal with the issue of Mr Farage at this point. My comments concern a gentleman who has much more responsibility but who is not present in the chamber today; indeed, he is conspicuous by his absence at so many of our sittings. This gentleman has made a budget proposal and yet he is not willing to come here to defend it. Why is Mr Van Rompuy absent? I have nothing against Mr Mavroyiannis. He is a very pleasant and patient person, but Mr Van Rompuy should be here to defend his budget and his budget cuts. That is important, and would be a crucial debate!
Mr President, I am sure that as always, you will present our views very effectively but it would be very useful to have a direct confrontation for once.
My second and final comment is this. I know that many leaders and governments are now spreading the rumour that failure to reach agreement at the summit is a crisis for Europe. Let me say this: an agreement on the wrong terms is a crisis for Europe. A budget which cannot fulfil the tasks the EU has set itself is a crisis for Europe. A budget that we cannot endorse is a crisis for Europe. The heads of state and government should not constantly act as if their failure to reach agreement would precipitate a crisis. The crisis will occur if the basis for their agreement is the wrong one, meaning that we cannot fulfil our agenda. I already see one threat looming – and I would like to give you my backing once again, Mr President, also in your statements to the Council – namely that some countries will be mollified by the funding for agriculture and others by the cohesion funding, leaving no room in the European budget for growth and reforms. The danger is that all the countries and heads of government who want an efficient budget, a budget for growth and better spending will be bypassed and what we are left with is less spending. That is something that we cannot accept. That is not a course that will benefit Europe, and we must reject it. We must also send out a clear message that this type of budget will not secure the approval of the majority of Members of this House."@en1
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