The EU Budget Review

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Tuairimí a glacadh on 16/06/2011
Reference
ECO/290-EESC-2011-993
Opinion Type
Referral
Referral
COM (2010) 700 final
Official Journal
JO C 248 du 25.8.2011, p. 75–80
Rapporteur
Henri MALOSSE
Employers - GR I
France
Co-rapporteur
Gérard DANTIN
Workers - GR II
France
Plenary session number
472
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Europe 2020
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Key points

The EESC:

  • suggests that the "juste retour" principle must be abandoned as it is contrary to the values of solidarity and mutual benefit which underpin European integration. Rather, the subsidiarity principle needs to be applied;
  • congratulates the European Commission on proposing a return to the principle of own resources which can be newly created or substituted for national taxes;
  • finds that the European budget must be strengthened and have a leverage effect. National and European budgets should complement each other in order to achieve economies of scale;
  • recommends more systematic recourse to EIB loans, public-private partnerships and the creation of Eurobonds for investment;
  • underlines that the only way to make a success of an ambitious budget is to win the battle of public opinion;
  • would like studies to be carried out and published on the cost of non-Europe, highlighting duplication in national budgets.

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