Given the current context of economic crisis, upcoming European Parliament elections, the setting up of a new Commission and a "number of uncertainties linked to the ratification process of the Treaty of Lisbon", the rapporteur, Reimer BÖGE (PPE-DE, DE) acknowledges that an ambitious and detailed review of spending priorities is not realistic.
Deputāti atgādina, ka "problēmas struktūrpolitikas īstenošanā daļēji rada pārlieku stingrās un sarežģītās procedūras".