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Mr President, I would like to express my perplexity and indignation – and that of my group – at the fact that this report, and the one by Mrs Martens on the European development strategy for Africa, have not been given a better place on the agenda or, above all, more speaking time in plenary.
What we are discussing now is what the European Union’s policy in the field of development should be over the coming years. This is a field that directly affects millions of Europeans, many of them committed and public-spirited young people; the kind of citizens whom we should try to win over to the project of European integration. Nevertheless, the way we are treating these issues today, as if they were something entirely marginal and insignificant, will increase their indifference, their scepticism and their rejection of what the European Union means.
Having said that, we support what the Commissioner has said and, in particular, the excellent report by Mr Wijkman, and we would like to acknowledge his good work and his efforts aimed at synthesis and compromise.
The Socialists voted in favour of the resolution and it was approved practically unanimously by the Committee on Development. We believe it to be correct and we hope that it is not changed for the worse by certain amendments, which would oblige us to vote against the final text.
Something quite different, however, is the document resulting from the negotiation between the Council and the Commission, quite rightly with the participation of Mr Wijkman, on behalf of Parliament’s Committee on Development, a participation which has certainly contributed, as Commissioner Michel has acknowledged, to the incorporation of many of our principal concerns and demands in this field into the ‘European development consensus’ statement.
In any event, I would like to make it clear that the Socialist Group in the European Parliament believes that approving the resolution proposed to us in the Wijkman report does not presuppose that the text agreed by the Council and the Commission will be approved and that, in order to be endorsed by Parliament and hence be a tripartite agreement, it must have the express support of the plenary of our Parliament."@en1
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