This was echoed by the Budget committee chair Reimer Böge (EPP-ED), who noted the Council’s figures are over 10 billion below the levels agreed by the member states themselves in the long term budget deal in 2006, (the "Multiannual Financial Framework") as the right figure to implement EU policies.
Parlamenta Budžeta komitejas priekšsēdētājs vācu deputāts Reimer Böge no Eiropas Tautas partijas grupas apgalvoja, ka Padomes aprēķinātie izdevumi ir par 10 miljardiem zemāki nekā līmenis, ko noteikušas dalībvalstis ilgtermiņa budžetam.