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June 5th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - EU commission has proposed a 6.8 per cent increase in spending next year
- Britain would reduce annual gross contribution to the EU budget by almost £4.6billion
- Cost of quangos has gone up 33 per cent in two years
By
James Chapman
17:15 EST, 4 June 2012
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02:08 EST, 5 June 2012
The vast European Union budget could be slashed overnight by almost a third amid evidence of spiraling expenditure on quangos, empty parliament buildings and staff pay and perks, a damning report has found.
Despite austerity throughout the Continent, the European Commission has proposed a 6.8 per cent increase in EU spending next year, while cutting only six out of almost 41,000 EU jobs, it says.
And for the next long-term EU budget after 2014, Brussels has proposed another 5 per cent increase.
Hypocritical: Despite austerity throughout the Continent, the European Commission has proposed a 6.8 per cent increase in EU spending next year, while cutting only six out of almost 41,000 EU jobs, it says
Now, following a line-by-line analysis of EU spending in 2012, think tank Open Europe is to set out an alternative budget that would reduce spending by almost 30 per cent – saving European taxpayers around £33billion annually.
And Britain would reduce its annual gross contribution to the EU budget by almost £4.6billion.
The cost of EU quangos has gone up by 33 per cent in two years, the report says. Simply scrapping those that duplicate work or add no value would save £350million.
It says getting rid of the European Parliament’s additional building in Strasbourg could save £146million.
Last year, the Parliament issued tenders with a combined value of more than £50.7million related to the maintenance of the building, although it was empty for 317 days.
Expenditure on MEPs’ salaries and allowances has increased by 77.5 per cent since 2005 and cost £154million in 2012, excluding pensions and transitional allowances. And expenditure on Commission staff salaries has risen by 17.9 per cent since 2005 and now totals £1.7billion.
Spending on schooling for children of EU officials currently stands at £137million, and is set for an increase in 2013 of 6.8 per cent.
There are also substantial savings to be made in a range of other areas, including administration, communications and justice, the report says.
Pawel Swidlicki of Open Europe said: ‘Given the economic climate in Europe, the UK has a golden opportunity to push for fundamental reform of the EU budget.
‘However, the Coalition is selling itself short in on-going talks over the EU’s long-term budget, given that its primary objectives of freezing spending and defending the rebate could be achieved simply by wielding its veto. The UK Government needs to be far more ambitious.’
No issue: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy did not demand a watering down of Britain¿s EU budget rebate
For example, more than one quarter of the EU budget is spent on subsidies to farmers and landowners, irrespective of whether they are engaged in any meaningful economic activity.
The report says slimming down the Common Agricultural Policy would bolster rural job creation while saving almost £19billion.David Cameron has previously agreed not to push too hard for reform of the policy, which favours French farmers.
In exchange, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy did not demand a watering down of Britain’s EU budget rebate.
However, the Prime Minister is under pressure from Tory backbenchers to take a tougher stance on Europe in negotiations over the next seven-year EU budget which will run from 2014-2021.
Talks are expected to come to a head next year.
Tory MP Andrea Leadsom, a leading figure in the eurosceptic Fresh Start group of MPs, said: ‘We should be far more aggressive in our negotiating position.’
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Terry, Fareham,Hampshire, 5/6/2012 6:39 – “How do they get away with it??” Two things need to change. Firstly the electorate need to be able to promote candidates of their choice and then secondly they have to be able to force issues on to the parliamentary agenda. These vital decisions are where real parliamentary power lays but presently the people are excluded which is why so many feel disillusioned. How can ANY so-called democratic MP, defend our deep entanglement with the EU with no mandate whatsoever ? It’s simply incredible.
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Give up their perks? Not a chance in hell, and hell is where the EU is heading. VOTE UKIP!
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The EU can propose all it likes, it isn’t going to get it. As for David Cameron not pushing to hard on reforming CAP in return for Sarkozy not deamnding a watering down of the UK’s budget rebate, in 2007 Tony Blair gave up part of the UK’s budget rebate in return for the promise of reforming the CAP by 2013, well with 6 months til 2013 nothing has been done to reform the CAP. If nothing is don to reform CAP the the UP should demand the return of all the money it gave up as the EU negotiated in bad faith, the UK should deduct it from it annual EU budget contribution next year.
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EU ‘can save £33bn a year by cutting waste perks and quangos=====That’ll never happen, the EU aren’t interested in saving money they’re only interested in spending it, just like our own government.
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OUT NOW!!
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These would be the very same quangos that dodgy dave said he would make a bonfire of, no doubt he soon found out that they were filled with mp’s families relations of Conservative, Labour and Liberals.
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Quangos cannot be disposed of until their agenda has no public opposition and thus becomes ‘the norm’. Whilst they still serve an agenda, (making sure the agenda continues no matter what) they aint going nowhere. They serve the imposition of political will, nothing more and nothing less.
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Headline should be. Britain can save £33bn by cutting waste and Quango’s.Lol!
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Of course we need a complete reappraisal of out relationship with the EU, but most af all we need a Government who will stand up to the overburdened bureacracy that is the EU. Where does the European Parliament stand in all this – it seems to be a complete irrelevancy, all we see is Nigel Farage having a go at the senselessness of it all which looks good but does not achieve anything. Where are the rest of the MEP’s and what do they do for their money?
I could go on, but all the Government has to do is say No! No! No! just like De Gaulle used to say about us joining the Common Market.
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Pigs could fly if they had wings.
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