欧州連合の理事会は、2014年ー2020年の欧州連合の予算案を前回より130億0000'0000ユーロ削減の9600億0000'0000ユーロで合意
CUMBRE EUROPEA SOBRE PRESUPUESTOS
Los Veintisiete sellan un acuerdo que reduce el presupuesto de la UE
Tras una maratoniana negociación, el presidente del Consejo Europeo anuncia un pacto sobre las cuentas del septenio 2014-2020
Londres y Berlín logran imponer un recorte en el gasto real
Los principales grupos de la Eurocámara, que tiene derecho de veto, rechazan el pacto
Luis Doncel / Miguel González Bruselas 8 FEB 2013 - 17:56 CET
EUROPEAN SUMMIT ON BUDGETS
The Twenty sealed an agreement to reduce the EU budget
After marathon negotiations, the European Council President announces a pact septennium accounts 2014-2020
London and Berlin are able to impose a cut in real spending
The main groups of the Parliament, which has veto power, rejected the pact
Luis Doncel / Miguel Gonzalez Brussels 8 FEB 2013 - 17:56 CET
The President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, announced this afternoon that the Twenty have reached agreement on the EU budget framework for the next seven years (2014-2020). "It was worth waiting," said Van Rompuy, with a message on Twitter and in reference to more than 24 hours spent in the marathon negotiations.
After a night of tense political struggle, President of the European Council presented this Friday at 6:30 in the morning a proposal which formed the basis of the agreement and it represents, for the first time, a reduction in real terms of the EU budget. UK, Germany and other northern countries to achieve bottom pushed spending restraint. On the other hand, countries south and east of the continent tried to defend the level of spending.
The agreement is an imaginative accounting game with which Van Rompuy tried to please everyone: a ceiling raises expenditure commitment of 960,000 million 13,000 million lower than its previous proposal. French President François Hollande, argued that the figure was "higher than the threshold could be reached." Van Rompuy himself admitted that a deal is "modest." "It was the only possible" he said.
Knowing that British savings Hawks were not going to be satisfied with this cut, Van Rompuy decreased to 908,000 million payments stop. That figure represents a decrease compared to previous septennium (2007-2013) of 33,000 million euros.
The agreement between governments will have to be ratified by the European Parliament, which has first right of veto. The procedure is complicated foretells. The heads of the four main parliamentary groups have announced that they believe the agreement signed between the government as unacceptable.
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, said that today's agreement on the EU budget for 2014-2020 is "good" because it combines caring and just the boost to growth, employment and competitiveness with fiscal consolidation . "The result is good because it focuses on three areas: more growth, competitiveness and employment, that is investing in the future. Ceilings for commitments and payments are adjusted to consolidation efforts and is fair to the net contributors," Merkel .
A hard bargain
European leaders arrived on time today at the opening of the conclave, scheduled for three o'clock in the afternoon. But the opening was delayed, first at 1730, then 1830 and finally, almost nine in the evening. Meanwhile succeeded meetings two and three bands in an attempt to find common ground trial.
Which began yesterday was the second round of the summit on 23 November. Although there was no white smoke, then went all convinced that the agreement was in hand and that only the need to image strongly to the respective public opinions had prevented initial it. After all, the difference separating the more extreme positions did not exceed 30,000 million, just 0.03% of EU GDP.
However, the two and a half months since then served to soften positions. Unlike. Everyone enroco in his. German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on arrival at the meeting. "The positions are still quite far away." And national delegations began to get estimates of the consequences of the lack of agreement and the possibility that the current budget should be extended from year to year.
French President François Hollande, repeated that the EU budget should serve as a stimulus to the European economy out of stagnation and make drastic adjustments imposed nationally. "If, to seek agreement, Europe has to abandon its common policies, set aside and ignore agriculture growth, I will not agree," he said. The Spanish and Italian prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, and Mario Monti, whom he met for an hour, he gave his enthusiastic support. But was crying in the wilderness.
Britain's David Cameron, who went first to Brussels after his speech last January 23, when he announced he submitted to a referendum to remain in the UK in the EU in 2017 - made it clear that there would be no budget if not drastically trimmed the proposal that the Council President, Herman Van Rompuy, presented in November. And that that already trimmed by 80,000 million project of the European Commission and by 20,000 budget for 2007-2013. The Czech Petr Necas also wielded the veto threat.
Van Rompuy bowed to pressure from those who would jibarizar the EU, arguing that European institutions can not escape to the diet of rigor and austerity, and probed a possible additional cut of 15,000 million. But that did not quell the appetite of the rich countries. Cameron demanded to retain intact the British rebate and rejected even the timid reform proposed in November: London to help defray their own check, ie to reduce the contribution of the partners. The compensation was defended vigorously by other net contributors, such as Holland or Sweden.
Any levity vanished European, country dog face defended their interests. Rajoy focused on preventing further cuts will affect 2,750 million that Van Rompuy promised in November in cohesion funds and 975 for agricultural support. But above all, he fought for the fund announced to combat youth unemployment, which aspires to be Spain almost a third, not only is well endowed (between 3,000 and 5,000 million) but is nourished with "new money" is ie not intended, again, to fake and sell as new some funds already committed only by change their heading. Its aim is that Spain remains a net recipient of EU funds in the next seven-year, against what was taken for granted in November. In search of allies, Rajoy also met with Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament (which, for the first time will be able to approve or reject what the presidents agreed) and Angela Merkel. It was the third time he joined her in twelve days, so it is not too much, since the voice of German Chancellor weighs as much as that of the remaining 26.
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