European Parliament and Committee on Budgets 7 September 2005, European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 5/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005 - Section III - Commission (11221/2005 - C6-0240/2005 - 2005/2126(BUD))

2. Expresses, nevertheless, its dissatisfaction with the additional surplus of EUR 2,7 billion for the 2004 budget; considers that the challenges that the European Union is facing today cannot justify such an under- spending, in particular in Headings 3 and 4 of the financial perspective as well as pre-accession aid; there- fore expects a better level of implementation to be obtained in 2005 in