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| European Union's cut to global aid budget is disproportionate | European Union's cut to global aid budget is disproportionate |
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| David Cameron has said we should not balance our books on the backs of the poorest people on the planet. That logic applies to the EU budget as well as the UK's (Cameron to agree hike in amount UK pays to EU, 21 November). | David Cameron has said we should not balance our books on the backs of the poorest people on the planet. That logic applies to the EU budget as well as the UK's (Cameron to agree hike in amount UK pays to EU, 21 November). |
| Budget negotiations have reduced the amounts allocated to aid for 2014-20 by about 10%. This is simply unacceptable, as aid is bearing a disproportionate cut. For example, the common agricultural policy budget would be cut by only 6.5%. | Budget negotiations have reduced the amounts allocated to aid for 2014-20 by about 10%. This is simply unacceptable, as aid is bearing a disproportionate cut. For example, the common agricultural policy budget would be cut by only 6.5%. |
| Turning Cameron's rhetoric into reality requires protecting development and humanitarian aid from the real-terms freeze the UK government is proposing for the EU budget. Without this protection, poor countries could miss out on £8bn to tackle poverty and help people hit by natural disasters. | Turning Cameron's rhetoric into reality requires protecting development and humanitarian aid from the real-terms freeze the UK government is proposing for the EU budget. Without this protection, poor countries could miss out on £8bn to tackle poverty and help people hit by natural disasters. |
| EU aid to the poorest nations is recognised by the government and the OECD as among the most efficient, effective and transparent in the world. In the past five years it paid for more than 10 million children to go to primary school and provided 32 million with clean water. | EU aid to the poorest nations is recognised by the government and the OECD as among the most efficient, effective and transparent in the world. In the past five years it paid for more than 10 million children to go to primary school and provided 32 million with clean water. |
| Apart from the UK, none of the EU's biggest economies are on target to meet their aid promises. These negotiations are a real opportunity to ensure they do more. This would be at no extra cost to the UK taxpayer, since the UK's contributions to the EU aid budget are already counted as part of its aid commitment. Michael Cashman MEP Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Keith Taylor MEP Group of Greens/European Free Alliance Nirj Deva MEP European Conservatives and Reformists Group Fiona Hall MEP Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | Apart from the UK, none of the EU's biggest economies are on target to meet their aid promises. These negotiations are a real opportunity to ensure they do more. This would be at no extra cost to the UK taxpayer, since the UK's contributions to the EU aid budget are already counted as part of its aid commitment. Michael Cashman MEP Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Keith Taylor MEP Group of Greens/European Free Alliance Nirj Deva MEP European Conservatives and Reformists Group Fiona Hall MEP Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
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