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"Madam President, I should like to add my congratulations and conclude with a warning. I congratulate Mrs Roth-Behrendt, who has achieved so much over this long process. Perhaps if she had known at the outset the scale of the obstructions and difficulties, she would not have achieved so much. It helps sometimes to be a little ignorant of the difficulties.
This proposal puts animal welfare above human vanity, but never above human health. It sets time limits, graduated in accordance with the difficulties involved, and it sets new standards of reference which should and will be respected. I also want to thank the Commission for carrying out its intermediary role, mindful of law and precedent, but also of the strong views of this Parliament which have been echoed here under three different Commissions, for more than ten years.
To come to this final conclusion is an enormous satisfaction for all of us. My colleagues on the Conciliation Committee expressed the long frustrations of this process in that last marathon session. It was literally at the eleventh hour that we achieved the result that all desired. A new model strip cartoon has just been distributed to Members showing how exciting the work of the European Parliament is, with glamorous young male and female characters. If there is another edition of this series, it should deal with the long night with Mrs Roth-Behrendt at the end of these proceedings.
I also want to thank the Danish presidency. One often sees a presidency looking at a problem firmly in the eye, and then running away. The Danes knew that they could get a deal and they got it – through great skill in my opinion. This was a deal – I want to say this before going on to a word of warning – that meets Parliament's principal concerns. It sticks. It is a signal for action, and not an argument for delay. The animal welfare organisations which campaigned tirelessly for this outcome should not complain about the compromise that we achieved. The spotlight is now on compliance, with a provision to find alternative tests, especially in the most difficult areas of toxicity.
None of us should make any apologies for how we came to be in this place today. I am personally proud of the fact that the rapporteur got us through this procedure and it enhances the reputation of Parliament, not merely for its procedures but also for their effectiveness."@en1
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