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Rigo (S). — (IT) Hr. formand, også jeg vil gerne tak ke ordføreren, hr. Christodoulou, som givetvis bærer en stor del af æren for den ændring, der på det seneste er indtrådt i Rådets adfærd på budgetområdet; en fortjeneste, som ikke udelukkende er hans, idet også Rådets formandskab har bidraget hertil mellem første- og andenbehandlingen.
Mr Rigo (S). — (IT) Mr President, may I, too, thank the rapporteur, Mr Christodoulou, to whom a considerable part of the credit is due for the change that has occurred latterly in the behaviour of the Council on the question of the budget: the credit is not due to him solely simply because, between the first and second readings, the President of the Council made his own contribution.
Da vi begyndte budgetbehandlingen for 1986, husker jeg, at vi blandt vore dokumenter fandt et forslag fra Kommissionen, hvori man for en periode på tre år opstillede et program for de forskellige sektorer i den europæiske økonomi, der er omfattet af budgettet.
Any such mistake — I mean the non-operation of the structural funds — would, in my view be a kind of political original sin, one that would give us no end of trouble when it came trying to secure further develop ment of the Community, and of the the internal mar ket in particular.
Endnu en gang sider vi tilbage med en institutionel konflikt, uden at der er blevet gjort noget som helst for at udvikle en strategi for Fællesskabets økonomi.
There could well be serious difficulties here in years to come if we do not take the necessary action.
Også i dag begrænser vi os til ikke at tale om den flerårige udvikling, men til at undersøge nogle aspekter — jeg tænker her på strukturfondene — og til kun at undersøge dem i lyset af en periode på blot seks måneder.
I also make the same reproach to my own government, which has only to increase its pay ments for 1986 — compared with 1985 — by less than
Vi har stadig en budgetkonflikt; men så vidt vi kan se, ligger denne konflikt inden for Rådet.
We have still got a budget of a conflicting character but, if you look at it carefully, this conflict is all inside the Council.
Faktisk skal budgettet for 1986 dække to rent politiske behov, som er blevet behandlet og vedtaget af Rådet.
The 1986 budget must in fact satisfy two requirements of a highly political nature, which the Council has examined and answered.
Jeg taler her om Fællesskabets udvidelse med Spanien og Portugal og om aftalen i Luxembourg vedrørende
I am referring to the enlargement of the Community to include Spain and Portugal, and that part of the Luxembourg Agree ment regarding the implementation of economic cohesion, which is the backbone — as Mr Christodoulou described it — of Community policy.
Hvad især regionalfonden angår, var der behov for en forhøjelse af midlerne på 47% for at sikre medlems staterne blot at kunne opretholde det bevillingsniveau, der blev opnået i regnskabsåret 1955.
What would be the point of saying that we want the accession of Spain and Portugal if we then failed today — without waiting, in other words, for a hypothetical supplementary budget — to allocate the necessary funds for that accession?
Men selv med det forslag budgetudvalget har udarbejdet efter andenbehandlingen, ville regionalfonden komme ud for en nedskæring i absolutte tal på 3%, for så vidt de ti medlemsstater angår. ·
What would be the point of economic cohesion — the implementation, that is, of an economic policy that would use to best advantage the funds for regional and social policy, as was decided at Luxembourg — if we then failed to respect the 'cost of the past', which we know concerns to a substantial extent commitments regarding the structural funds?
Ferruccio Pisoni (PPE). — (IT) Hr. formand, kære kolleger, budgettet for 1986 et det første, der skal dække de to nye medlemsstaters, Spaniens og Portugals tiltrædelse, som volder betydelige problemer i forbindelse med den regionale udvikling og en særlig høj arbejdsløshedsprocent.
Mr F. Pisoni (PPE). — (IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the 1986 budget is the first budget that is intended to cover the accession of two new Member States, Spain and Portugal, which have considerable regional development problems and a particularly high level of unemployment.
Derfor ville det være så meget desto mere ønskværdigt, om budgettet for 1986 indeholdt passende bevillinger især til struktur fondene.
It would therefore be all tbe more desirable for the 1986 budget to envisage adequate allocations, above all where the structural funds are concerned.
Man behøver blot at tænke på, at med udvidelsen til tolv vil antallet af mennesker fra økonomisk ugunstigt stillede regioner blive fordoblet, medens de regioner, hvor BNP pro capita vil være 60% under fællesskabsgennemsnittet for de tolv sta ter, vil repræsentere næsten 20% af EFs samlede befolkning, cirka 60 millioner indbyggere.
We need only recall that, with enlarge ment to 12 Member States, the population of the economically weaker regions in the Community will be doubled, whilst the regions in which per head GDP will be less than 60% of the average of the 12 States of the Community will represent almost 20% of the total population of the EEC — in other words, 60 million inhabitants.
Derfor er der behov for en styrkelse af regionalfonden og af den europæiske socialfond.
There is thus an increased commitment for the Regional Fund and for the European Social Fund.
Vi anmoder altså ikke om uforholdsmæssigt store forhøjelser; vi forsøger blot at sikre det minimale niveau, der er nødvendigt, for at strukturfondene kan fungere.
The raising of the maximum rate of increase from 7.1% to 19.3%, and the increases in the allocations for pay ments and commitments, both represent considerable increases compared with the previous budget; but if we bear in mind the new factors for 1986, and if we relate this greater expenditure to the national economies or national budgets, we can see that these increases are in fact quite small.
Det ville ikke tjene noget formål at ofre én fonds bevillinger — i dette tilfælde socialfondens — til fordel for den anden, regionalfonden.
Having regard to their size, these figures add little to the political question. As Mr Dankert said this morning, what we are talking about is not negotiations but political objectives.
At nedskære bevillingerne, som er yderst beskedne sammenlignet med de reale behov, ville medføre en sand kamp mellem fattige.
Do we mean to give security to the new Member States entering the Community; do we mean to get away from the policy of agricultural protection, and breathe new life into the competitiveness of our economy and establish a new balance between areas that are economically strong and those that are weak?
Det kan vi på ingen måde tilslutte os, eftersom det er imod Fællesskabets ånd og i mod princippet om en integreret aktion mellem struktur fondene.
Do we want to think of a budgetary policy that is planned on a mediumterm basis?
Vi ved også, at der i forbindelse med strukturfondene er et problem med at opfylde de forpligtelser, der er blevet indgået i tidligere regnskabsår, og som Kom missionen og Parlamentet havde til hensigt at afvikle med vedtagelsen af dette budget.
We also know that, where the structural funds are concerned, there is the problem of honouring the commitments accumulated in previous years, which the European Commission and this Parliament intended to resolve when adopting this budget.
Dette regnskabsår, som er kendetegnet ved forhøjelsen af momssatsen til 1,4%, var for os rent faktisk den eneste mulighed for én gang for alle at afslutte kapitlet fortidens byrder.
This year, in fact, in which the rate of VAT has been raised to 1.4%, was in our view the only opportunity to liquidate once and for all, with this chapter, the cost of the past.
Efter at — eller rettere : når de nye indtægter er totalt opbrugt, vil det være for sent.
Afterwards, when the new resources will be totally absorbed, will be too late.
Honoreringen af fortidens forpligtelser er for os et uomgængelig nødvendigt element, hvis man vil sikre, at fondene fungerer rigtigt, for så vidt angår de nye opgaver, der følger af udvidelsen med Spanien og Portugal.
The liquidation of the commitments of the past is in our view an indispensable element to the correct functioning of the funds in relation to the new tasks that the accession of Spain and Portugal brings in its train.
Jeg vil endvidere minde om, at Det Europæiske Råd på sit nylige møde i Luxembourg endnu en gang — som om det stadig var nødvendigt! — har bekræftet, at Fællesskabet stræber imod at reducere forskellene mellem de enkelte regioner og de ugunstigt stillede regioners tilbageståenhed.
It does not seem to us that this essential aspect has been grasped by the Council, which in its second read ing has drastically reduced the overall allocation of 1 600 million ECU that was requested by the European Parliament in order to cover, in the structural funds, the cost of the past and the obligations arising from enlargement.
Der er ikke tale om en simpel principbeslutning, men om indholdet af punkt 1 i det forslag til ændring af traktaten, som er blevet udarbejdet af regeringskonferencen.
When we started examining the budget for 1986, I remember that we found amongst pur papers a Com mission proposal which programmed over a three-year period the different sectors of the European economy that the budget concerned.
Hidtil er kløften mellem de forskellige regioner blevet udvidet og svælget dermed forøget.
Then the Council came out with its proposal and upset all the good intentions of the Commission and the Committee on Budgets which, for its part, had started drawing up a mediumterm plan.
Punkt 3 i tekst fastslår der næst, at regionalfonden har til formål at bidrage til at rette op på de vigtigste regionale uligheder i Fælles skabet, idet den skal yde et bidrag til udviklingen og den strukturelle tilpasning i de regioner, der er bagefter rent udviklingsmæssigt, samt til omlægningen i de regioner, hvis industri er i tilbagegang.
We have once again ended up in inter-institutional conflict, without making any contribution whatsoever to the Community's economic develop ment strategy.
Dette afgørende element mener vi ikke er blevet taget op af Rådet, som under andenbehandlingen drastisk har reduceret de samlede bevillinger på 1 600 millioner ECU som Europa-Parlamentet anmodede om med henblik på i forbindelse med strukturfondene at kunne dække fortidens omkostninger og byrderne i forbindelse med udvidelsen.
We are today reduced once more not to talking in multiannual terms, but to considering a few aspects only — I refer to the structural funds — and considering them on the basis of a six-months time span only.
Vi må derfor gøre os klart, at når vi kæmper for, at regionalfonden udstyres med midler, der er acceptable sammenholdt med behovene for regionaludvikling i Fællesskabet, betyder det blot, at vi handler i over ensstemmelse med de prioriteter, som ikke engang regeringscheferne har kunnet frakende sig.
We are looking with confidence to tomorrow's conciliation — we were deeply struck and interested by the proposals outlined this morning by Commissioner Christophersen — but we are also looking, with unswerving determination, at the needs of the European Community which does not allow postpone
Vi håber, at denne holdning tages op til fornyet over vejelse under samrådet.
We hope that in the conciliation procedure this situa tion will be reviewed.
Over for vores forsøg på at sikre social- og regionalfondens interventioner til for del for de nye stater har Rådet ikke gjort andet end at råde Kommissionen til at anvende de nævnte fonde
In response to our concern to guarantee measures by the Social Fund and Regional Fund for the benefit of the new Member States, the Council could only advise the Commission to use those funds with a certain degree of flexibility.
Det budget, vi foreslog, var 1 mia ECU mindre end Kommissionens foreløbige budgetforslag.
With regard to the Regional Fund in particular, a 47% increase in the allocation was necessary to allow Mem ber States barely to maintain the allocation level achieved in 1985.
Det op brugte ikke satsen på 1,4% af momsen på indtægtssiden og var ganske sikkert lavere end vore politiske forventninger.
Now, even with the proposal of the Committee on Budgets, which was drawn up after the second reading, the Regional Fund would suffer a reduction in real terms of 3% with regard to the 10 Member States.
tets forslag og ser bort fra det faktum, at budgettet bør dække både de behov, som opstår ved Fællesskabets udvidelse, og de tidligere indgåede forpligtelser.
needs arising from the enlargement of the Community and for the prior commitments.
Kære kolleger, vi bør handle effektivt som Parlament og ikke forhaste os ind i et hvilket som helst kompromis, hvis det ikke tager reelt hensyn til omstændighederne.
We must, as a Parliament, react effectively, and not fall over ourselves to go ahead with any arrangement which does not take full account of the realities involved in the situation.
Derefter indtraf to begivenheder: andenbehandlingen af budgettet og topmødet i Luxembourg.
We are therefore not asking for reckless increases, we are simply seeking to defend a minimum level that is vital for the structural funds to be able to operate properly.
Jeg sidestiller de to begivenheder, fordi de viser noget omRå dets handlemåde, og fordi modsætningen mellem er klæringer og handlinger her klart kommer til udtryk.
It would be useless to sacrifice the allocations of one fund — the Social Fund, in the case in question — to the benefit of the other fund, the Regional Fund.
Der kom erklæringer om nødvendigheden af et in ternt marked, om økonomiernes konvergens og ud vikling, og der blev bekendtgjort forskellige foran staltninger.
To compress the already extremely modest allocations — modest, that is, in relation to the real needs — of both funds would be a real struggle between paupers.
Allerede i Fontainebleau havde man besluttet, og bekendtgjort som en officiel beslutning, at det var nødvendigt med en rigelig støtte til og opprioritering af strukturfondene.
We can certainly not agree to that, since it is contrary to the spirit of the Community, and to the principle of the integrated working of the struc tural funds.
Jeg vil gerne benytte lejligheden til at påpege, at specielt hvad angår middelhavsprogrammerne, bør Par lamentet stå fast ved det oprindelige beløb, som det krævede ved budgettets førstebehandling.
I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to stress, with particular regard to the Mediterranean programmes, that our Parliament should insist on the original sum demanded during the first reading of the budget.
Men her udover, hr. formand, bør vi drage nogle mere generel le og væsentlige konklusioner.
However, Mr President, above and beyond these considerations, we have reached some widerpitched and substantial conclusions.
Hvis vi vil se kendsgerningerne i øjnene, må vi alle erkende, hvad den barske virkelighed tydeligt viser os: at budgettets størrelse generelt er uacceptabelt lav, at momsandelen på 1,4%, som vi har til rådighed, er helt utilstrækkelig, og at den hurtigst muligt bør forhøjes til mindst 1,8%.
Indeed, unless it is our intention to stay with our eyes firmly shut, we must accept that reality demonstrates quite clearly to all that in general terms, the level of the budget is unacceptably low, that the proposed value added tax percentage of 1.4% is quite insufficient, and that as a first step it should be set, as soon as is possible, at 1.8%.
Så meget om indgåelsen af forpligtelser. Men hvad med opfyldelsen af disse?
Mr Papoutsis (S). — (GR) Mr President, there are two basic standpoints in any process of negotiation.
Hvor finder vi en reel bekræftelse af Rådets beslutninger i andenbehandlingen af budgettet?
On the first hand, there is the matter which becomes the subject of negotiation, and on the other, the rea sons which have given rise to it.
I øvrigt anerkender Rådet selv den blindgyde, som dets forslag fører ind i, og foreslår to løsninger:
During the November part-session, we were invited to prepare the European Parliament's proposal for a financial response to the particularly pressing problems facing Community progress.
For det første den situation som er genstand for forhandlingen, og for det andet de årsager som har frembragt den.
This is not a simple statement of principle, it is the wording of Article 1 of the draft amended Treaty as prepared by the Intergovernmental Confer ence.
Net op disse årsager vil jeg gerne begynde med at kom mentere.
Up till now the disparity between the different regions has increased, and the gap has grown wider.
Kære kolleger, vi blev i mødeperioden i november opfordret til at formulere Europa-Parlamentets for slag til et finansielt svar på nogle problemer, som er særdeles betydningsfulde for Fællesskabets udvikling. ling.
Article 3 of the same text lays down that the Regional Fund is intended to help correct the main regional imbalances in the Community, assisting the develop ment and structural adjustment of the underdeveloped regions, and the conversion of industrial regions that are in decline.
For det første problemet med finansieringen af ud videlsen med henblik på opfyldelsen af tiltrædelsesaftalerne med Spanien og Portugal.
Firstly, the problem of financing enlargement, so that the agreements governing the entry of Spain and Portugal could be implemented.
For det andet problemet med Fællesskabets akkumulerede forpligtelser over for de nuværende medlems stater.
Secondly, the problem of the accumulated Community obligations to existing Member States.
For det tredje, og vigtigst, problemet med Fællesskabets udvikling, der tolkes som en sikring af de rette betingelser for strukturfondenes funktion.
We must therefore realise that, by pressing for an acceptable allocation to the Regional Fund in relation to the Community's regional development require ments, we are doing no more than acting in line with the priorities that the Heads of Government them selves have not been able to disclaim.
Imidlertid er vort forhold til Rådet meget langt fra, hvad det burde være, idet der nemlig er uoverensstemmelse med hensyn til, hvorledes fællesskabsmidlerne udnyttes mest effektivt.
Thirdly, and most importantly, the problem of Com munity development, meaning the securing of the con ditions required of the structural funds to operate.
Parlamentets standpunkt, således som det kom til udtryk i tilføjelsen og fordelingen af de 2,3 mia ECU, er slet ikke noget integreret svar på vor tids proble mer og udfordringer.
The Parliament's stance, as expressed in the addition and allocation of 2 300 million ECU most definitely does not represent a comprehensive response to the serious problems posed by our times.
Papoutsis pa er virkelig ikke interesseret i at udjævne kløften mellem de rige og de fattige.
The 1.4% ceiling on VAT is not up to the level of income and is certainly lower than we, as politicians, had hoped.
Erklæringerne kan imidlertid ikke skjule dets sande intentioner, som kommer til udtryk med bud getdisciplinen og tankegangen bag denne, som priori terer regnskabet højere end politikken.
However, these declarations fail to hide its real aim, as revealed in the nature of, and the thinking behind, a financial discipline which places the values of accountancy above political values.
Vor nuværen de konflikt met Rådet er en simpel konsekvens af denne tankegang, som, hvis den fortsætter, vil udvikle sig til en permanent mekanisme til produktion af finansielle kriser.
Our present conflict with the Council is no more than the outcome of this type of thinking, which if continued into the future will develop into a permanent mechanism for the creation of financial crises.
Kære kolleger, Europas arbejdere og folk forventer af et nyt Fællesskab, at det lever op til tidens udfordringer med en politik, som kan fjerne de strukturelle uligheder, bekæmpe sulten i den tredje verden og vir ke for den økonomiske og teknologiske udvikling.
Ladies and gentlemen, the workers and peoples of Europe generally are looking to a renewed Com munity to respond to contemporary challenges with policies to eradicate structural inequalities, to combat hunger in the Third World, and to encourage economic development to restore the possibility of technological progress.
Det er Parlamentets pligt at fremme denne politik og sikre midlerne.
Parliament's basic duty is to back these policies and to secure the means required to implement them.
Derfor har vi ved denne andenbehandling af budget tet intet andet valg end at stå fast på gennemførelsen af vor politik.
Therefore, during today's second budgetary reading we have no choice but to insist on the implementation of our policies.
Og vort standpunkt til budgettet, hr. formand, kan kun være en fastholden ved de beslut ninger, som vi traf ved førstebehandlingen.
Our stance concerning the budget can not, Mr President, be other than to insist on the decisions that we took during the first reading.
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Vi må stadig leve med Ministerrådets skandaløse og efter min mening retsstridige beslutning, der tillader Det forenede Kongerige at betale et mindre bidrag til Fællesskabet end noget andet land.
What is the practical outcome of the Council's decisions concerning the second budget ary reading?
Jo, jeg har hørt mumlen fra venstre, men det er meget uretfærdigt — Irland, som har en meget lavere gennemsnitsindkomst end Det forenede Kongerige, skal betale afgifter, der ligger 60% højere end Det forenede Kongeriges. Det er helt uretfærdigt!
Once again, there is a delay in resolving the weight of the past, given that the structural funds will cease to operate halfway through the next financial year, and we have a solution to the problem of enlargement which is more apparent than real.
Det er helt tåbeligt, hr. formand, og det viser blot det for kerte grundlag, ud fra hvilket Ministerrådet og i realiteten alle de europæiske institutioner har udarbejdet 1986budgettet.
I say this because we all know perfectly well that it is not possible, on the basis of the regulations, to share the finance for enlargement with prior commitments.
Derfor tror jeg, at vi skal overveje dette meget alvorligt i tiden fra nu af, og til vi skal stemme, og den er meget kort.
Besides, the Council itself recognizes that its proposal leads nowhere, and suggests two solutions: firstly, the promise of a supplementary budget, and secondly, the application of the famous principle of 'manoeuvrability'.
Ryan (PPE). — (EN) Når man er en god finansminister, betyder det vist, at man er nået så langt, som ens ambitioner rækker, for at gøre det rette der betyder, at man bliver upopulær.
Mr Ryan (PPE). — When one is a good Finance Minister, it probably means that one has reached the summit of one's ambition because to do the right thing means being unpopular.
Der er i Europa en klub af tidligere finansministre.
There is in Europe a club of former Finance Ministers.
Det er folk, der forstår sig på loyalitet over for det første princip for ordentlig bud getkontrol, der består i, at man opfylder alle sine juridiske forpligtelser, og over for det andet, som går ud på at sikre, at der bliver taget politiske initiativer, der fremmer beskæftigelse og udvikling.
They are people who understand loyalty to the principle of good budgetary control which is to fulfil all one's legal obligations, and to the second one which is to ensure that policies are adopted which will encourage employment and development.
Jeg beklager, at jeg som medlem af klubben af tidligere finansministre må fordømme alle de nuværende finansministre i Europa, der helt ser bort fra deres forpligtelser over for Europa.
I regret that, as one of the club of former Ministers of Finance, I have to condemn all the current Ministers of Finance in Europe who totally disregard their obligations towards Europe.
Deres pligt over for Romtraktaten er lige så stærk som deres pligt over for deres egen popularitet hos deres vælgere; den er faktisk stærkere.
Their duty to the Rome Treaty is just as strong as their duty towards their own popularity in their own electorate; in fact it is stronger.