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"Madam President, as a Dutch national, I obviously think it absolutely vital we come to an agreement with Iceland about the debts incurred by Icesave, but on no account should that debate be an obstacle to opening negotiations now. Therefore, I very much value the constructive position which my Dutch fellow Members in the European Parliament have adopted on this issue. Ultimately, Iceland’s admission to the European Union will, in itself, act as our guarantee that it will eventually repay that money.
I shall now turn to a second aspect, that of whaling. Europe has placed whales on the list of protected species. European countries do not hunt whales. If Iceland wants to become a member of the EU – and I hope that it does – then it will have to stop whaling, and I think that it is this Parliament’s job to send out that message. However, let us not get into an argument about whaling now, when the negotiations have only just begun."@en1
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