The size of the 2007-2013 budget, he recalled, does not come close to the 1.18% of EU GNI that Parliament had called for earlier this year : "the amount provided is insufficient for Europe's needs" .
Starp ES vajadzīgo 1,18 % no NKI un 1,04 % no kopprodukta, kas rezultātā piešķirta, starpība ir milzīga, viņš norādīja: " Mēs tādu budžetu noraidītu, bet mēs nebalsojam šodien ."