"This funding is only a drop in the ocean compared with the Union's annual budget", pointed out rapporteur Marie-Anne Isler Béguin (Greens/EFA, FR), who conducted the negotiations for Parliament and managed to squeeze out a slight increase of €40 million, bringing the total amount for Life+ to some €1.951 billion for the period 2007-2013 (the total EU budget is over €125 billion per year).
Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG (Zaļo un Eiropas Brīvās apvienības grupa, NL): tie, kas Nīderlandē balsoja pret Konstitucionālo līgumu, to nedarīja, iebilstot pret izmaiņām.