European Parliament
Charles Tannock  (ECR ).
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... for the 2013 budget for the institutions other than the Commission. We as a Group welcome the budget freeze that was proposed, to be adopted by the institutions where possible, and are waiting now to see whether this will be an inflationary or a real-terms freeze. We do not believe that the report is yet perfect, but do believe that it will serve as a good starting point for future negotiations. We hope that, following these negotiations, the report will go further to keep the budgets under control, which is what is necessary in this European Union.

