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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to confirm that Amendment 9, calling for the sum of EUR 40 million to be increased to EUR 80 million, has been withdrawn. I would like not only to confirm the withdrawal of the amendment, but also to take responsibility for it.
The Committee on Development had adopted this amendment unanimously and I am very grateful to the members of that committee for their clear-sightedness and their support. The Council, however, has refused to accept even the slightest gesture towards the ACP countries, despite the position and positive actions taken by the UK Presidency, to which I can bear witness. The Commission, for its part, was not willing to budge an inch. The system, blocked due to this Parliament’s budgetary debate, did the rest and dealt the final blow. However, for pressing schedule reasons, Mr President, this regulation absolutely must be adopted at first reading. We have therefore accepted our responsibilities and withdrawn Amendment 9, which was calling for EUR 80 million.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am forced, for the reasons I have just outlined, to ask you to vote on this report, and to do so in line with your votes on the budget. However, in order to send a message to the ACP countries that some of us here have not forgotten them, I request that my name be deleted from the text, and I have a proposal for my fellow members of the Committee on Development, and for them alone: make a final, symbolic gesture by voting ‘no’."@en1
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