Europaudvalget 2010-11 (1. samling), Det Udenrigspolitiske Nævn 2010-11 (1. samling)
Det Europæiske Råd 28-29/10-10 Bilag 6, UPN Alm.del Bilag 18
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Brussels
29 October 2010
Herman Van Rompuy
President of the European Council
Yves Leterme
President of the Council
At the European Council on 28 and 29 October, we are discussing how
the European Union can strengthen the mechanisms we have for ensuring
Member States’ fiscal discipline.
It is important that the Union takes the necessary steps to ensure that we
have robust systems that allow us to support the substantial deficit and
debt reduction strategies now in place in Member States under the
Stability and Growth Pact.
This discussion will take place against the backdrop of proposals from the
Commission and the European Parliament for an increase in EU budget
spending of around 6% in 2011. These proposals are especially
unacceptable at a time when we are having to take difficult decisions at
national level to control public expenditure.
The Council has proposed an increase in EU budget spending of 2.91%
for 2011. We are clear that we cannot accept any more than this.
David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany
Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic
Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy
Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden