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"Mr President, Mr Solana, at this stage in the debate, it is difficult not to repeat what other Members have already said. I hope that we will vote tomorrow on a joint resolution tabled by several political groups, as well as on a number of amendments.
I would simply like to repeat that, in fact, in listening to you, in listening to my fellow Members, I think that one of the starting points of our thinking is the will, which has been widely confirmed by many of our citizens, to reject military intervention, whether or not it is supported by a United Nations resolution, incidentally. I believe we must ask ourselves the searching question: why, in the fifteen countries of the Union, are we seeing such a vehement rejection of war?
The reasons have already been partly cited. First of all, there are no determining facts to explain why Iraq might be more dangerous today than two years ago. I am nevertheless surprised that Mr Bush suddenly decided that 5 February will be the date on which he will be able to provide proof that he has probably possessed for a long time. Next, and without wishing to be anti-American, I think that the people of Europe vaguely dislike a single government deciding the priorities of the international calendar, however powerful this government considers itself to be. It is clearly because of that, and we agree, that we would like to see increased power for the United Nations and for the European Union as a world player, but also to set another agenda. In this regard, I believe the president of my group, Mr Cohn-Bendit, spoke brilliantly; I think he is right: we need to defend other priorities. Naturally, it is easier said than done and it depends a great deal on the Arab, Persian and Turkish societies in the region. We also have our share of responsibility, however.
I would like to return to the matter of the embargo to conclude. The embargo is helping the dictatorship. It is killing the Iraqi people. I believe we should, and you are probably doing this, inform the Iraqi opposition by all possible and imaginable means that, of course, Saddam Hussein must respond to the questions of the UN inspectors, but that if changes were to take place in Iraq, we could help them by lifting the embargo, solely, of course, on non-military goods. I believe this message must be stated more firmly and should be conveyed through the appropriate diplomatic channels."@en1
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