Above all, I believe it is a political mistake to translate the way in which budgetary austerity is carried out in the Member States to the Union's budget, and there are two reasons for this: firstly, because budgetary restrictions are being applied to a Community budget which by its very nature does not have the capacity for indebtedness.
Frem for alt mener jeg, at det er en politisk fejltagelse at overføre den måde, hvorpå budgetdisciplinen gennemføres i medlemsstaterne, til EU 's budget, og det er der to grunde til. For det første fordi der gælder budgetmæssige stramninger for et fællesskabsbudget, der i sin natur ikke åbner mulighed for gæld.