Strasbourg, 17/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - Taking a stance on Wednesday on the Böge resolution, the European Parliament is expected to reject the Council's position on the financial perspectives 2007-2013 (EUROPE 9108). On Tuesday, speaking before the press, all political groups hoped to recall the role of the Parliament on budgetary matters. “We are in favour of negotiation, but we shall not vote for a budget as it stands”, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Co-President of the Greens-EFA Group, said. He also hoped that the debate would come out of the sterile fair return framework and take into account the savings that the European budget allows Member States to make on their own national budgets. Graham Watson, President of the ALDE Group, pointed out that, on Wednesday, he would make “concrete proposals” along acceptable lines for the Council, increasing flexibility of the financial framework. Thus, he suggests taking growth of GDP into account if the rate of growth exceeds forecasts by 0.5%, making an additional EUR 15.7 billion, he explained. Hans-Gert Pottering considers at a more general level that it is “not acceptable for joint policies to be compromised by the Council's decision” on financial perspectives. The president of the EPP-ED Group requests that the Parliament be involved in debates on spending for foreign policy and mid-term review of the financial framework. Martin Schulz, President of the PES Group, considers the structure of the European Council agreement is “quite wrong” and does not offer a “quality compromise”. This compromise has “brought me to my limit when it comes to resisting pain”, he said. In Vienna, home ministers took a stance this weekend for strengthening the police office, Europol (EUROPE 9110). Between the EP draft and the Council compromise, there is EUR 7.8 billion less for combating terrorism within the EU, he said. “Some in Council believe the matter is dealt with and over but they should be reminded that they are wrong”, Francis Wurtz, President of GUE-NFL, said, unsurprisingly predicting rejection of the compromise of Heads of State and Government.