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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 10 days ago, we were hoping that Rio+20 would be the summit that would destabilise those who profit from greater inequality and deplete our resources.
We are bitterly disappointed at the lack of binding objectives. However, this should not divert us from our commitments. If we want to see future progress in the negotiations, we need to prove that the fight against poverty and for sustainable development is the true objective of EU development policy, and we need to do so through the allocation of ambitious financial resources. Let us make a commitment to implement, without delay, innovative financing mechanisms, such as the financial transaction tax, and to redirect a substantial proportion of revenues towards development aid. Let us fight more effectively against tax havens and their hoarding of the fiscal resources of those countries through the excessive use made of them by transnational corporations and, in particular, the extractive industries.
Only then can we become credible advocates of sustainable development for all."@en1
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