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Far from learning the lessons from the ecological and social crisis ravaging the planet, the Johannesburg Summit demonstrated the irresponsibility of the way in which States behave. The Bush administration is largely responsible for the deadlock in negotiations. But the European Union did not display any more will by confining itself strictly to the unacceptable decisions of Doha and Monterrey.
If the EU really wanted to assist development in the South, it would abolish agricultural aid for exports, which bring products onto the markets at prices which defy any competition. The common agricultural policy still works on the basis of productivist thinking by multiplying surpluses. It is urgent that we re-orientate direct aid in order to promote sustainable agriculture. Against the widespread opening up of borders advocated by the WTO, the poor countries must be able to protect their agriculture by establishing tariff protections to stabilise internal prices.
The need for funding in order to guarantee access to drinking water, to energy, to health and to transport is enormous. We must put an end to the stifling of public budgets by structural adjustment policies imposed by the IMF and cancel the external debt of the countries of the South. National States must regain their sovereignty in the definition of their development priorities. The resolution presented to Parliament does not take sufficient account of these issues and I have therefore abstained."@en1
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