Talousarvion laatiminen on näin ollen edelleen hyvin tekninen toimi, jonka yhteydessä on helppo unohtaa poliittiset valinnat. ###>Mr President, as several people have said, this year is of course the first time that we are working with a budget designed to be activity-based, the idea being that the budget should be far better at reflecting the political priorities and that it should also be easier to see where we are investing our money.