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I voted in favour of the nominated Commission, as I should like to have done when the first team led by Mr Durão Barroso was put forward.
At this time of enlargement and of public debate on the new Constitutional Treaty – a time that is so loaded with desires and opportunities – one would expect that the decisions made by all of the political groups in this House might have been guided by a sense of responsibility. Unfortunately, this has not been the case.
I am disappointed that the first opportunity was thwarted three weeks ago. I am appalled by the disgraceful way in which Members of this House and certain parliamentary services were predisposed towards an orchestrated smear campaign against Mr Buttiglione, and were even found to be directly promoting that campaign. The lies were served up in bad faith to feed groups of activists and do not correspond in any objective way to what was said in the parliamentary hearings.
Today, coming from Portugal as I do, I believe that no compatriot of mine with the slightest awareness of the reality of Europe could, as a Portuguese Member of this House, vote against a Commission that for the first time has a Portuguese President. I did not expect Members to persist in such blindness, which is somewhat sectarian and missing the point.
I wish the best of luck to the President of the Commission and to his team, and I trust that under his leadership the Union can progress in respect for diversity."@en1
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