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"Mr President, Commissioner, I am delighted to see that you give equal status to Porto Alegre and Davos. The Greens, like Mr Désir and a few others, we who were behind the Porto Alegre parliamentary forum, are delighted to learn that alterglobalisation is beginning to find an echo among you.
I believe that President Lula has, indeed, taken the right step, because he came to present first to Porto Alegre what he was going to defend in Davos, in other words, the reconstruction of a fairer economic order. I feel that this democratic, socially aware, political move is a step along the right road: civil society should have its say first and then the decision-makers of the global economy. Market capitalism cannot continue to be the dominant form of politics. I would remind you – even if this is perhaps a sophism – that democracy and politics normally take precedence over economic considerations. It is vital to prove this, as that would also make it possible to avoid a pre-emptive war such as that proposed by the Bush government, which is largely subservient to multinationals which have a far greater need for oil than for ideas.
Lastly, these same multinationals want at all costs to reappropriate sustainable development and the common goods belonging to all mankind such as water, air and energy. It seems to me, however, that in Cancun, Commissioner, you should help us to defend our idea of globalisation. It is right that we should concern ourselves with current GATS negotiations, because they represent quite a risk, and it is right that the southern States should know that we support them with regard to each individual’s right to food, drinking water and breathable air."@en1
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