3. Considers that the budget for 2013 should feature slight increases for the funding for the Macro financial assistance, the external trade relations, the Aid for Trade and the DCI, provided that, as a principle of sound financial management, the budgetary authority should first seek to fund these increases with reallocations and transfers from other areas of spending with less added value; stresses, however, that increases in funding for Aid for Trade should not come at the expense of development funds;

24. Decides to introduce an important increase of commitment appropriations for the Lifelong Learning programme, given its high European added value and also because of its strong contribution to the flagship initiatives ‘Youth on the Move’ and ‘Innovation Union’; is convinced that these increases are fully implementable since additional financial allocation for this programme proposed by Parliament and adopted by the budgetary authority in the 2011 budget, has been successfully executed to date, leading to a significant increase in the number of its participants; reiterates its strong commitment to EU programmes in the fields of youth ...[+++] and education since they can contribute to the reduction of youth unemployment; also proposes a further increase in commitment appropriations for the Erasmus Mundus programme;

22. Decides to introduce an important increase of commitment appropriations for the Lifelong Learning programme, given its high European added value and also because of its strong contribution to the flagship initiatives ‘Youth on the Move’ and ‘Innovation Union’; is convinced that these increases are fully implementable since additional financial allocation for this programme proposed by the European Parliament and adopted by the budgetary authority in the Budget 2011, has been successfully executed to date, leading to a significant increase in the number of its participants; reiterates its strong commitment towards EU programmes in t ...[+++]he fields of youth and education since they can contribute to the reduction of youth unemployment; also proposes a further increase in commitment appropriations for the Erasmus Mundus programme;

The whole economy is threatened by the increase in value of a strategic resource.

Opponents of the single desk like Ms. Jolly-Nagel often like to compare spot prices in the U.S. in a rising market with pooled values in western Canada.

Furthermore, to make them more attractive to foreign investors, Canadian Treasury Bills must bear higher interest rates, thus pushing up the value of the Canadian dollar on international money markets and undermining the competitive position of Quebec and Canadian products on international markets.