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"en.20161026.15.3-165-851"2
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"This vote was regarding the mandate for the EP to negotiate with the Council. While I agreed with a number of aspects of the report, I disagreed with a number of the priorities outlined, which is why I abstained in the final vote.
I supported the inclusion of certain elements into the mandate, especially Sinn Fein’s amendment, which was adopted into Paragraph 4, and which called for ensuring support for the North in the wake of Brexit. This encompasses retaining programs such as PEACE.
While the EP position restores all the cuts made by the Council, it falls short on the cuts which had already been introduced by the Commission.
The best reflection of this is reducing cohesion funding in favour of a militarised ‘fortress Europe’.
The larger and wealthier Member States, who have been cheerleaders of neoliberal policies and champions of austerity, have played a significant role in the negative implications for social and regional programmes.
This entails Member States, local authorities, institutions and civil society stakeholders being held hostage by ‘market logic’ and the systematic transfer of funds from existing EU programs and the erosion of public investment.
I could not fully oppose the report as voting against consequently meant supporting the Council’s position, which is socially regressive, so I abstained."@en1
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