Text tabled : A7-0313/2012

  Anna Hedh, Olle Ludvigsson, Jens Nilsson, Marita Ulvskog and Åsa Westlund (S&D), in writing. − (SV) Against the backdrop of the economic situation facing the Member States, we feel that the budget framework should not exceed the current level. For example, we feel that agriculture subsidies should be reduced further than in the Commission’s proposal and that they should be reallocated to the Structural Funds and to investment environmental and climate measures, among other things.

We also do not feel that new sources of revenue should be added to the EU budget, and we do not want Sweden’s share of the funding to be increased. On the one hand, the report has some good proposals on growth, jobs and solidarity, but on the other it is not ambitious enough for savings and reform; against this backdrop we chose to abstain in the final vote.