Translation of "espace budgétaire " (French → English) :

However, in the long run, the States cannot be saved, and they should not be saved. The aim should be to perfect Europe’s economic union and to create a European budgetary area capable of supporting the Member States and the single currency.

17. Urges that consideration be given to a possible new specific budget line for the ESP in the EU budget in order to reflect the strong commitment of the EU towards the ESP and to increase the clarity and transparency of this policy, should the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty relating to space policy enter into force;

J. whereas budget support should also encourage the strengthening of democratic processes, affording policy space to civil society, especially through involvement in the shaping of a poverty reduction and development strategy, and promoting parliamentary scrutiny of development policy and budget spending,

The other European countries which are parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Transfrontier Television are an integral part of the European audiovisual area and should therefore be enabled, if they wish and taking into account budgetary considerations or priorities of their audiovisual industries, to participate in this programme or benefit under a more limited cooperation formula on the basis of supplementary appropriations and specific arrangements in accordance with conditions to be laid down in the agreements between the parties concerned.

20. Points to the need to retain an Aeronautics and Space heading in the Union's future research budgets, on the basis of the priorities set out in the previous paragraph; considers, however, that this should be without prejudice to the entry of a specific Space budget heading to cover the funding of European programmes in both civil and military spheres;

The starting point for the specific programmes is that the budgetary framework is the same as that adopted by the EP on 14 November 2001 for the Sixth Framework Programme, which set a total budget of € 16 270 m. The breakdown remains as follows: 'Integrated Research' (€13 195 m), which includes the eight thematic priorities together with CRAFT and the JRCs, 'Structuring the European Research Area' (€ 2 725), which includes sections designed to give a structure to the research area, and, finally, 'Strengthening the foundations of the European Research Area' (€ 350 m), with modifications relating mainly to mobility and infrastructure activ ...[+++]ities, particularly as regards the mechanisms and instruments to be used.