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"Mr President, I welcome the fact that we are beginning our preparations for the 2012 budget so early. It allows for there to be proper consideration of the issues. One of the matters that we talk a great deal about in the European Union, and in this Chamber, is the issue of solidarity. We are often very keen to show solidarity for various groups of people.
I would ask this Parliament to show some solidarity with the taxpayers of our constituencies, because we have so far failed to do that. In this age of austerity we need to show restraint. We should set an example. We should do so by freezing the salaries and allowances of all MEPs and officials in this place for 2012, and we should also abandon plans for the House of European History, which will cost millions of euros to construct and for which there is no long-term plan to fund. No doubt that will fall on the taxpayer as well."@en1
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