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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the way Parliament’s debates are organised unfortunately shows its lack of interest in the problem of development. I very much regret the lack of will on the part of the European Parliament to promote a genuine development and cooperation policy. Instead of resolutions that tend to be forgotten rather quickly, it would be better if Parliament played an active part in drawing up a definite coherent strategy for the future.
Ladies and gentlemen, we must congratulate and thank Mr Michel, the Commissioner, for his initiative in seeking to define, in a tripartite statement of the Council, the Commission and Parliament, the common principles to which the EU and the 25 Member States will refer in implementing their development and cooperation policies. It will give the European Union a document setting out the European consensus on this question.
We see this as a major advance for at least two reasons. First of all, it is the first time that Parliament has been involved to this extent in the process of mapping out this policy. Through their representatives, the peoples of Europe are therefore having their say on the major directions of development and cooperation policy. Secondly, and this is a real step forward, the hour has finally come to look for synergy between Member States and the Commission when action is taken. How can we respond to this initiative if we vote at the end of the part-session and almost in secret, when everyone’s mind has today been focussing on one of the main issues of the legislative period?
Mr President, there is no point in going into the substance of the debate that took place in committee; that would not bring anything more at this present time. Today I want in particular to congratulate our rapporteur on his commitment to this matter and the successes he has already achieved following his conversations with the Council and the Commission. By taking account of the suggestions made by the members of the Committee on Development and managing to incorporate them into his text, the rapporteur has united a very large majority in support of his approach, affirming, for example, the desire that the joint statement should stress questions of education and health. Having said that, I would like to make one thing extremely clear: my group’s support for today’s report in no way prejudices our position on the final draft of the joint statement. That requires a solemn vote by Parliament. If we want this Commission initiative to be fully effective and the joint statement really to reflect the European consensus, it is and will be essential that the European Parliament gives its verdict on the final text in plenary."@en1
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