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dcterms:Date	"2012-12-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Draft amending budget No 6/2012 - Revenue from own resources and other resources - Increase in payment appropriations in headings 1a, 1b, 2, 3a and 4 of the Multiannual Financial Framework - Reduction in the level of commitment appropriations entered in the budget - New general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013 - all sections (debate)2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Derek Vaughan2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, there were no amendments put down to my part of the budget, and there were actually very few comments made on my part of the budget in the debate. Hopefully, the lack of comment in the debate reflects the fact that Members recognise that most institutions have shown great responsibility for the 2013 budget. I would just like to remind colleagues again that all institutions bar two will come in with an increase of less than 1.9% next year. Indeed, some institutions will come in at nearly 0%. I want to thank all the institutions for their cooperation, even though I know many will face great difficulties in 2013. For the European Parliament’s own budget, the headline figure is again 1.9%, but the increase in operating costs is only about 0.6%. Therefore, for next year we have accepted a large cut in real terms in our budget. Of course, this Parliament will want to continue to make savings in the future. That is why we have established the joint working group. The joint working group is currently looking, in the form of a comparative study with the US Congress and Member State parliaments, to identify more short-term savings, but also some long-term structural savings in Parliament’s budget. The aim of that study and the aim of our 2013 budget is to make savings where possible, but also to make sure we do not damage the efficiency of the European Parliament or of the Members of this Parliament. I believe that this approach has widespread support in this House. I therefore want to thank colleagues for that support throughout the year, but also the support that they will, hopefully, give tomorrow in the vote. When we do vote tomorrow – and we will probably will vote for this package – we will vote knowing that we have put together a fair deal, but we will also know that next year we will require amending budgets to pay for the 1.7% salary increase which will be backdated to July 2011, and amending budgets to make sure we make up the shortfall in the 2012 budget. So we vote tomorrow knowing all that. I would urge colleagues to vote ‘yes’ tomorrow in the vote on the budget."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; REGI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2012-05-23--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CONT (2012-01-19--2013-10-08)3 unknown; Labour Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; BUDG (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
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