Unionsbudgettets funktion som instrument inden for den almindelige økonomiske politik ville ganske klart blive styrket, såfremt man kunne oplage udgifter af fuldstændig ny art (for eksempel infrastrukturprogrammer, visse sociale ydelser, arbejdsløshedsunderstøttelse osv.).
The role of the Union's budget as an instrument of general economic policy would of course be strengthened if... quite new categories of expenditure could be included (e.g. in frastructure programmes, certain social security expenditure, unemployment insurance, etc.)...