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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Pakistan must undoubtedly be helped following the floods that have hit it. However, the question we must ask ourselves today is what kind of help this country needs most, and what kind is the European Union best capable of providing. We must act quickly, but also effectively. Indeed, it is the effectiveness of the European Commission’s proposal which causes me great concern. I find it to be a patchy proposal which, by intervening primarily in the textile and leather sectors, would risk not being effective enough, since this aid could generate fresh tensions due to the new instances of poverty it would generate in Europe and would further hamstring the European textile sector, which is already in serious decline. Then we must consider the fact that by favouring exports from producer businesses, we are actually helping those areas of Pakistan which have not been flooded, whereas our aid should serve to build competitiveness and development, helping the recovery of production in the areas of the country that have been hit by the catastrophe. For all these reasons, I believe that the path of abolishing duties is absolutely unsuitable and we do not consent to it or support it."@en1
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