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"Mr President, I wish, first of all, to talk about something that is of concern to us all: the issue of war and peace, which was addressed in Davos and Porto Alegre. In Davos, it was discussed because of the effects of the economic situation of the war against Iraq that the United States and its allies have decided on. Without denying the disastrous effects on the world economy of the militaristic decisions of George Bush, what was at the heart of the proposals made in Porto Alegre against the war and in favour of peace were the serious political and humanitarian issues raised by the United States’ aggression.
We have a situation in which ultraliberal capitalism, which can be seen as the domination of globalisation by the most powerful States and the huge multinational corporations, is leading the world towards disaster. Especially today, we are on the brink of a humanitarian disaster in Iraq, causing the death of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, amongst the poorest and most needy members of Iraqi society, especially young people, with the United States counting on the complicity and action of its European allies.
Mr President, we must remember that the governments of the United States and of some Member States of the Union, against the beliefs and wishes of the majority of European citizens, are reaching the point where they are calling into question the model of European political integration that brings with it the awareness of another form of globalisation, which is more human and egalitarian and which demonstrates greater solidarity. The United States even want to destroy the idea of a constitutional political Europe with an independent role in the world.
The other issue I wish to raise, Mr President, concerns international maritime traffic, the safety of our seas and of our coastal communities. The World Parliamentary Forum presented this problem as one of the main concerns of the ‘old world’ school of thought. The European Union must attach priority to resolving this problem, which today particularly affects Galicia and other European countries, from the Spanish State to France. The sea represents life itself. We cannot allow it to be owned and contaminated by a greedy, irresponsible and corrupt form of capitalism that enjoys the complicity of some European States. I therefore hope that the European States and this Parliament take the decisions that are needed to prevent the destruction of the sea that gives us life and sustains us."@en1
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