As a result of Ontario's budgetary situation the government decided to take a hard line on public sector wages.

The more basic change concerns its way of doing business, which may well have occurred even without the budgetary situation.

In view of the current budgetary situation, I certainly could not comply with such a request.

Mr President, over the past year, we have seen a slight improvement in the budgetary situation.

We all know about the budgetary situation for the car pool.

An effort has been made, undoubtedly insufficient, but obtained in a tight budgetary situation within which we must work.

In each of our countries, no matter what majority is in government, the budgetary situation needs to be addressed.

In view of the widely known budgetary situation, there is a need for action here too.

As elected representatives of the people, we do, however, witness the difficult budgetary situation everywhere in Europe.

I think that will bring us to a far more serious budgetary situation than we experienced in the early 1980s.