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dcterms:Date	"2012-11-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2013 budgetary procedure: work of the Conciliation Committee (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121121.23.3-314-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-11-21-Speech-3-315-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Alain Lamassoure2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; BUDG (2012-01-25--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2012-01-25--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with India (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFCO (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-21--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, when it comes to the budget, Parliament has demonstrated realism and a sense of responsibility. For two consecutive years, a qualified majority of this Parliament agreed to the level of payments adopted by the Council of Ministers without adding a single euro. In its votes, Parliament ensured that precedence was given to its political priorities. They are same as the priorities of the European Council: the Europe 2020 agenda and, more recently, the content of the Stability and Growth Pact. That same sense of responsibility guides us today when we say – as President Schulz did – that the 2013 budget cannot be discussed while we have yet to guarantee the financing of the 2012 payments in arrears. None of the 27 Ministers disputes the amount of these arrears, which total EUR 9 billion. However, some of them do not want to pay, in 2012, all of the outstanding payments for the programmes that were carried out in full in 2012. That attitude is contrary to the financial regulation. It is contrary to the 2012 budget that we adopted. It includes the commitment, as President Schulz just said, to adopt, if necessary, an amending budget in the course of the year. Above all, that attitude is contrary to the Treaty itself. The European budget has to be balanced, which means that it has to be adopted in a balanced manner, but also that it has to be implemented in a balanced manner. We cannot get to the end of the year with a debt of EUR 9 billion. I would add that on the eve of the European Council, the refusal to pay yesterday’s invoices would means that commitments to future budgets would have no credibility whatsoever. In the meantime, this rejection of the 2013 budget reminds those who might have forgotten, in certain capitals, that when it comes to the budget, whether we are negotiating for one year or for seven years, nothing is possible with the European Parliament’s agreement. We trust the Commission – and I welcome its new Budget Commissioner – to prepare a new text that takes into account the state of play of our discussions and to act as facilitator, and we trust the Cypriot Presidency, which has been particularly active, to take the necessary initiatives."@en1
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