EU budget reform - have your say!

Commissioner Grybauskaitė is encouraging citizens to debate on the future of EU finance: Innovative ideas are welcome -- there are no pre-conditions and no taboos. Send your suggestions via the budget reform website ( http://ec.europa.eu/budget/reform/ ). This is your chance to be active and participate in shaping Europe's future!

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[eMJeyCGN]

more money for research!!

[glaxofrosch]

Can you please publish the speech as a text?

It would be easier to follow..

[brommaman40]

hi i say the eu must be green environmental sustainable economic power in the world its great fr johnnyb.

[brommaman40]

hi the eu must be a strong force of peace democracy and green economy power this is great fr johnnyb.

[tomreves29]

Grybauskaite for president of Lithuania, like her accent;)

[DarthTanner]

I've got an idea why doesn't the EU try to stop some of the massive amount of fraud within itself so that it can get its books passed by the auditors for the first time in ages.

[redmattuk]

Keep pumping science and technology with money and one day a smart entrepreneur will solve all of your c02 woes faster than you can say "let's tax gas".

[odonnelljp]

thats all well and good but when countries like brazil ban exports of food to keep local price inflation down what are you going to eat a lap top maybe or a hard drive

[aniaf1000]

grayabc, in reality most of the money coming from the EU budget is spent directly by the member states, not by the EU institutions - the member states should be considered accountable for that

I believe we need innovation to keep Europe competitive, money should be put into research + we need cooperation in R&T!

[nicholasraymond]

Lower the CAP and get rid of the CFP. If Britain left the EU we would be a lot better of!

[cyrkx]

EU should cut spending, lower taxes and stop interfere in free market or will end as USSR. Since my country Poland joined Union the fastest growing industry became beggary with hundreds of new firms specialized in obtaining "allowance aid" from EU funds, its not the best way to build rich, enterprising society. EU should also stop this nonsense with one centralized currency. Even in one country its better to have few competing currencies.

[ViriathusVingathor]

i would lower investements in agriculture.

And invest in our industry,and high tech.

And also reforms in the education,witch is horrible in many EU countries,less methodic,more open,more patient to the ones that have more problems.

I would also invest,in a EU anti corruption departement,independent of the EU commission,and anonimous,with its own police force and jurisdiction to see how the EU funds are being invested, concerning any move in any european governement,and in the EU commission.