During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate about the next year's EU budget.

Strasbourg

plenary session

LEWANDOWSKI, Janusz (EPP, PL)

joint debate

TRÜPEL, Helga (Greens/EFA, DE)

SURJÁN, László (EPP, HU)

JĘDRZEJEWSKA, Sidonia Elżbieta (EPP, PL)

EU budget 2011 (T)

WATHELET, Melchior (BE, father)

Budget issues: extracts from the joint debate

SOUNDBITE (Polish), Sidonia El&#380;bieta J&#280;DRZEJEWSKA (EPP, PL), rapporteur, Space research etc. all of these things have not yet had funds for them and the new plans will require new finance and that is the picture for 2011.

SOUNDBITE (Polish), Sidonia El&#380;bieta J&#280;DRZEJEWSKA (EPP, PL), rapporteur, So I said before the whole series of activities compensation for the banana producers, other areas where financing will be required, but the money is lacking and here we have some doubts.

SOUNDBITE (German), Helga TR&#220;PEL (Greens/EFA, DE), rapporteur, The bureau of the Parliament had a task namely to come forward with proposals,proposals concerning the Parliament own budget what kind of cost changes we could look into in order we can be sure our work is done properly under the current circumstances, in the budget commitee we took a decision and we are talking about 25million euro as a level below what was actually suggested initially by the Bureau of the European Parliament.

SOUNDBITE (German), Helga TR&#220;PEL (Greens/EFA, DE), rapporteur, Another important point for us and this is something of a great interest to us as european institutions we want to be environmentaly friendly as an institution we want to change our own behaviour and we have asked for new environmentaly friendly mobility policy, I give an example in Brussels we would have a kind of ticket that would be available for public transportation, that has been negotiated, also our chauffeur services our drive services that too I think could be limited, that could be desirable, that would also mean that here in Strasbourg we make more byicycles available both for the Members of the Parliament and for the staff so we circulate in Strasbourg in more environmentally friendly way.

SOUNDBITE (German), Helga TR&#220;PEL (Greens/EFA, DE), rapporteur, Colleges I think we made it clear that budget commitee of this house has tried to defend a responsible stands on one hand we have request for growth which is justified, well grounded and we defend those we will defend the vis a vis Council as well we want to make sure that we can work on the sound basis but in the same time we have understood the principal of self restrained.

SOUNDBITE (Hungarian), L&#225;szl&#243; SURJ&#193;N (EPP, HU), I really deplore having to say this but the budget commitee with very broad majority, has actually recomended to this house that the proposal that we have before us one that was not accepted by council, the commission proposal therefore not accepted by council concerning number 6 of the draft amending budget we as the European Parliament will also have to I am afraid reject it.

SOUNDBITE (English), Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, European Commissioner for the EU budget, While we are welcoming fully the position of the Parliament as to the figures but we are worried and we regret but I also I will say ,I remember but its my memory from the Parliament, we keep as reserve quite a lot ,up to 75 million euro"

SOUNDBITE (English), Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, European Commissioner for the EU budget, What is responisble and revolved of the parliament is of course not go beyond the celling of multi annual financial framework this has been done at the cost of some cuts for ITER for example where we need more money and not less and for the external actions but we need more money than less.

SOUNDBITE (French), Melchior WATHELET, Belgian Council Presidency, The Council agreed to increase payment, that was agreed by the parliament, but then there are the payment argumentation to be voted by parliament and this goes beyond the draft budget given by the commission.It seems that there may be an underestimation given to the real need that wev will have in 2011.

SOUNDBITE (French), Melchior WATHELET, Belgian Council Presidency, I would like just to express my concern and astonishment about the CFSP suggestions by Parliament .All the effort to as for the good deployment of the European EAS. The Council is surprised that there is a proposal to reduce the budget for ITER and we should be able to get the necessary budget for 2010, 2012 and 2013

SOUNDBITE (French), Melchior WATHELET, Belgian Council Presidency, I think it would be a shame for the image of the European Union and vis a vis our citizens if we were not able to arrive an agreement on this first budget to be voted under the Lisbon Treaty.