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"Madam President, Baroness Ashton, I think that we probably all have the same questions, that is to say, you are in front of parliamentarians who firmly believe that the solution is a political solution, without which the problems could spread throughout the region and destabilise it. We can see it today: if there is no political decision, the region will become unstable. We are starting to see it in Lebanon. We can imagine what would happen if there were such a response from Iran. We feel very strongly that we have come to the point where a choice has to be made. I am not asking you to respond but, for us, there is no doubt that it is the major issue today.
We went to Washington on Friday: I visited the State Department and everyone talked to me about the next steps. They are looking at the transition for ‘the day after’. Are we already there? I thought that we were still in the thick of it. I see that there are plans for the future. We know how to neutralise chemical weapons, we know how to provide humanitarian aid, and so on, and we are all preparing for after the transition because that is an area where our hands are free. However, it is surreal, in my opinion, to be talking about the post-transition period when people are dying today.
I am not asking you for a response that you cannot give, but I would perhaps ask you one last thing, Baroness Ashton. I am obsessed about the risk of this spreading and I know that you are working to reduce this risk, but we need to put more emphasis on that.
You have talked about your conversations and your dialogue with Iran. I know that you put a lot of emphasis on the Lebanese issue, but perhaps reducing the risk of this spreading would already be a very concrete response to what we are terribly concerned about today and what is, in fact, discouraging us."@en1
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