I så måtto handlade striden eller debatten de senaste åren alltid om frågan: hur ser siffrorna ut för respektive obligatoriska utgifter? ###>That is why the dispute or discussion of recent years has invariably focused on the amount of funds assigned to each item of compulsory expenditure - especially since our experience of the last fifteen years has shown that the amounts allocated are always higher than the payments the Community actually makes.