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"Mr President, Mrs Ashton, Mr Šefčovič, the result of the negotiations is a good one, and the final document better than the initial draft. I want, briefly, to explain the intentions of the Committee on Development. In stating its opinion, the committee has concentrated on several of the most important matters.
Firstly, we wanted the objectives of development cooperation to be more strongly incorporated into a variety of European Union policies in order to defend the autonomy and independence of development cooperation. In other words, we did not want development cooperation to become a carrot – as someone has said – in the arsenal of diplomatic instruments. I would like to thank Mrs Ashton very much for what she has said today, and for her statements on development cooperation, because this was very important for the Committee on Development.
Secondly, we wanted control over operational expenses incurred by financial instruments to be exercised more unambiguously by the Commissioner for Development.
Thirdly, we wanted staff of the new service not to be just professional diplomats from Member States, but also staff who have worked in a wide range of situations in the external world, with a background in development, commerce and security."@en1
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