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"Mr President, the negotiation of the annual EU budget has become a farce. Last year Parliament, the Council and the Commission signed up to an increase of just over 2 % for 2012. Yet last October the Commission was asking for no less than EUR 9 billion of extra cash and this House has joined the cry for more money. This is a 9 % increase, not a 2 % increase.
Of course last year’s agreement allowed for an increase in the legal obligations the EU could enter into, the so-called commitments. But this fact seemed to go unnoticed by the Heads of State. The fact is that we face the same situation for 2013, as the legal obligations are now growing by up to EUR 151 billion and who picks up the tab? The taxpayers. Frontline services are being cut in Member States while the EU gets on with its own wasteful agenda.
Mr Cameron, please do not come back claiming victory this time. It would be a serious insult to your people."@en1
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