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"Mr President, the situation in the Middle East remains a key concern and we must do everything, absolutely everything within our power to prevent the worst, namely war, from taking place. The determination of the US President, spurred on by the Republican Party’s results in the various US elections that were held recently, is as strong as ever. He has not relinquished his concept of ‘preventative war’, a euphemism used to legitimise war anywhere and at any time on the pretext of combating terrorism. Disregarding the debate which is currently going on in the Security Council, the preparations therefore continue with regard to Iraq. The possibility of the United States’ using its formidable military superiority to secure its economic interests in the region may take precedence over all other considerations. This war will have terrible consequences if it goes ahead, but we must reiterate that the war against the Iraqi people never came to an end; they are a people held hostage by an embargo which kills, first and foremost, children and the weak but safeguards Saddam Hussein and his family.
The warlike approach that the US President is pursuing fuels the warlike approach being pursued by Ariel Sharon against the advice of the Palestinian people, but also against the security of his own people. Palestinian society and the foundations of a State are destroyed; everyday life is becoming increasingly impossible.
A war will only serve to intensify the suffering of the region’s people, will only further delay a political solution for a just and lasting peace. The consequences of this war are as yet incalculable, but we know that the arrogant and aggressive attitude of American imperialism might well engender acts of terrorism, as a mirrored response, a barbaric riposte to excessive barbarism. We have nothing to gain from this barbaric action.
In this situation, the peoples of Europe and of the United States must count on themselves, because, in spite of their declarations, if Bush pushes ahead with his deadly plan, our governments will provide aid and support as they have always done, because they do not dare do otherwise. We must count on ourselves therefore, as in the United States and the United Kingdom, where hundreds of thousands of people are demonstrating against this war which they do not want to be waged in their name.
The first European social summit begins tomorrow in Florence. Thousands of people will take part in discussions to come up with a different world order. This requires a radically new approach, that of responding to needs rather than to profits, because it is the only way to achieve real justice, the only guarantee of peace."@en1
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