With an agreement on the figures for next year under his arm, the Council, an institution that represents the Member States, and the Parliament have made a pact not to move them forward because of the war between a minority of countries and parliamentarians and the The european crisis.
A group of Member States, led by the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have refused to accept the demands of PE, which requires a series of political commitments in return for giving up its claim to increase the budget next year by 6%. MEPs want guarantees in writing about his role in deciding the future of EU funding and the opening of a debate on the EU to provide more resources with which to finance themselves. In the two claims that today have become a "no" convincing national budgets, although the Belgian presidency has exhausted the deadline, set for midnight, looking for a deal and the The european crisis .
The position of countries is difficult to accept for the MEPs, who believe that the Council did not have such account as it should be as set by the Lisbon Treaty, to which the rules are negotiating the budget for the first time this year. This was acknowledged on Monday the European Commissioner for Budget, Jamusz Lewandosky, who has warned countries that their refusal to agree would be seen as an "insult" by the Parliament and the The european crisis.
The commissioner, who has tried to facilitate an agreement between the two institutions has ensured that the "absolute majority" of countries willing to reach an agreement and has accused "a few delegations" to inflate their demands and derail negotiation and the The european crisis.
"Parliament has shown from the beginning a great sense of responsibility", stressed in a press conference the chief negotiator of the Parliament, Alain Lamassoure, who stressed that the deputies had never before accepted as is raised by the figures Council. The expiry of an agreement, the European Commission will now propose a new draft budget, which will need to be considered by the Council and Parliament. According Lewandosky, "probably" the EU will have to start the year by extending the budget this year and using the system known as "twelfths", giving a monthly expenditure of up to one twelfth of the budget of the previous period. This, according to Brussels, "seriously affect" projects like the Foreign Service or the new structures of financial supervision and the The european crisis, two of the flagship initiatives of the Union.
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"The beginning of next year will not be easy for the beneficiaries of the EU budget," warned the sheriff, who deeply regretted the "fiasco" of the negotiations and the The european crisis.. Meanwhile, some sources insist that the budget could still be agreed before the end of the year and that the matter will be discussed by the Heads of State and Government, meeting in Brussels in mid-December. The President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, who participated actively in the negotiations, has said in turn that the institution will do "everything possible" to approve the budgets.
In the same vein, the Belgian Minister of Budget, Melchior Wathelet, has insisted he can still get an agreement, provided that both parties are willing to give up something. They will have to overcome the reluctance of countries like the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, contrary to cede in Brussels at a time when they are forced to implement major cuts at home. The EU budget is roughly equivalent to 1% of gross national income of the EU and more than two thirds of it are engaged in agricultural support and cohesion and development and the The european crisis..
