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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that we can be satisfied with what happened in Lisbon. At last, despite its differences – and after all we too have ours – Africa is showing that it is united and capable of overcoming the paternalistic relationship that arises between donor countries and recipient countries.
Building a political, economic and social partnership forms part of our strategy. We can therefore be pleased that what we have asserted in our documents ever since the Treaty of Rome in 1957 is today becoming a reality. Mr Konaré stated that Africa wishes to draw up its own agenda: this is quite extraordinary, and I hope it really does mean that Africa assumes responsibility for jointly tackling poverty, desertification and disease. Criticism of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) has long been expressed in this House, and in my opinion we should bear in mind that not only social groups but also African governments are now expressing such criticism and hence try to find alternatives.
The Pan-African Parliament and the European Parliament have now entered the field with determination, with a joint statement, and this is something exceptional. It will also be a challenge, however, with regard to the policies to be pursued together with civil society organisations."@en1
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