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"Mr President, we support the foundation work carried out by the co-rapporteurs, we support their approach and we support the fact that sound proposals continue to be produced, but when it comes to evaluating what has been achieved over the last five years – as has been said – we have no information, in either objective or more general terms, to provide a basis for planning new actions or finding means of rectifying failed past actions. The European Commission will once again, therefore, be conspicuous for its grand proposals and the failure to follow them up with tangible actions.
In our opinion, on this occasion, it might be appropriate for the Union to adopt an initiative, a practical initiative which is a priority objective with set time frames. We feel that, out of the vast amount of issues to be considered, female circumcision warrants particular attention. We would like Mrs Diamantopoulou to inform us whether the clause on relations with third countries which deals with female circumcision is seen as particularly important and, in the interests of bringing the matter to a swift conclusion, we suggest that no further Union aid should be granted to any of those countries which permit or tolerate female circumcision.
This is a major issue, a practice so common and widespread that it is featuring increasingly, even in the European daily media."@en1
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