European Parliament and Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 18 May 2000, European Parliament legislative resolution on the Commission's recommendation for the broad guidelines of the economic policies of the Member States and the Community (drawn up pursuant to Article 99(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community) (COM(2000) 214 - C5-0218/2000 - 2000/2119(COS))

22. Insists on continuation of the current policy of purchasing the buildings Parliament needs, as well as on continuation of the policy of paying for them in as short a period as possible in order to reduce to a minimum the interest burden over the whole repayment period; insists that the remaining margin within the ceiling of 20 % of heading 5 of the financial perspective, which Parliament has