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I supported this report and cast my final vote in its favour, in line with the speech I made during the debate.
It is deplorable that the socialists and other left-wing Members should have rejected the proposal for an oral amendment, tabled by the rapporteur himself just before the vote on a sensitive amendment – Amendment No 11, on the setting up of a temporary committee – which might have produced an even broader consensus on the final wording of this excellent and comprehensive report. Sadly, the European left is still more interested in petty political chicanery, serving the interests of sectarian squabbles within Spain, than in serving the common interest effectively. Developments such as the adoption of Amendment No 23, whose partisan language is unmistakeable, prove as much.
Despite all of this, I voted in favour of the report, and of Amendment No 11 in the rapporteur’s original formulation.
The coasts of Portugal are always vulnerable in these situations. This is true both of the mainland (which was nearly struck by the
disaster) and of Madeira and the Azores. Clearly, we must always be in the vanguard in matters of maritime security, therefore, and in making progress and substantial demands in this field.
Congratulations once again to the rapporteur on his excellent work."@en1
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