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"When David Cameron and the other heads of government struck a deal to reduce the EU’s 7-year budget by €12 billion the Prime Minister said, ‘I think the British people can be proud.’ I am duly proud of the decision to offer long overdue savings to the beleaguered taxpayer. Which is why I am ashamed that MEPs have put forward a resolution which ‘rejects this agreement in its current form’. I voted against this resolution and I deplore the tub-thumping rhetoric of this House. The European Parliament is trying to flex its muscles while ignoring its citizens who are crying out for a cut-back, streamlined European Union. I am at least pleased that this resolution sends out a clear signal to those Members who wished to conduct the business of the house behind closed doors. It is curious that a parliament which desires democratic legitimacy should wish to vote on a matter as important as the 7-year budget in secret. Citizens deserve to know how their MEPs voted. And I hope that citizens who feel let down by those Members who choose to reject budget savings will express their displeasure at the ballot box."@en1
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