Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-05-09-Speech-1-104-000"

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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110509.19.1-104-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-05-09-Speech-1-105-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Sajjad Karim2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, this was the worst natural disaster ever to hit Pakistan. We, I am proud to say, reacted fast. Commissioner Georgieva was on the scene, and, when I met with Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, I was certainly able to discuss the EU’s response with him. One thing was absolutely clear. We needed to think outside the box. We needed to come up with a new solution to provide help. Not only aid but trade was the answer, as a short-term measure to assist. I am pleased that the committee has approved the report, after much deliberation, and I know, through colleagues from right across the committee, the painstaking work that was done to try and come forward with something that was acceptable. But I am afraid some of the amendments to which the Commission has already made reference take away from the spirit of our initial intentions and the initial way in which we reacted. At WTO level, objections have been registered to our EU proposal. On the one hand, India says that this should not be a part of the EU-India FTA. I agree. There should not be a link. That is the right approach. But at the same time, it is asking for relaxation in trade directly from Pakistan. There is a contradiction in its approach. I ask them to reconsider. I believe this House should reaffirm the Commission position. We have the guarantee of annual impact assessments. I hear what colleagues say about their security concerns, but I stand here as somebody who narrowly survived the Mumbai attacks and I say to those colleagues: this is not the time to turn your back on Pakistan. The credibility of the EU is at stake. Give the Commission proposal your support."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Sajjad Karim,"1 "on behalf of the ECR Group."1
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