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"In May of last year, we voted against this report, a position we now maintain. It is worth remembering that this proposal was drafted following floods, which affected the country in 2010. As we stated back then, forms of effective aid and genuine solidarity with the people of this country are necessary. However, the floods ended up being a pretext to satisfy the interests of those who, in Europe, will benefit from these measures. At the same time, it harms countries and regions which are more dependent on industries like the textiles, clothing, footwear, components, leather goods and leather substitutes sectors. In Portugal, representatives from the footwear, components, leather goods and leather substitutes sectors have repeatedly expressed concern about the impact that the proposal for granting emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan will have on their sectors. This impact is severe in a sector that is already very weakened – as it was hit hard by the liberalisation of world trade – and which is concentrated in regions with high levels of unemployment, poverty and marginalisation, and with low economic diversification. However, it becomes even more serious when these regions are situated in Member States, like Portugal, which are facing an extremely serious economic and social crisis."@en1
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