Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-09-13-Speech-4-292-687"
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"I shall never grow tired of repeating that agreements like these are the ruin of Europe.
The floods in Pakistan happened two years ago and the European Union has already helped this Asian country in the short term, with almost half a billion euro, and it continues to do so: just last week, in the Committee on Budgets, we voted in favour of new appropriations for Pakistan.
On the other hand, what has been adopted today is a criminal agreement, which will probably threaten to give the Italian textile industry the
: this aid will not actually go to people affected by the floods, but will be used to help further increase the revenues of many large Pakistani companies that are already internationally competitive.
If the goal is to sweep away the entire textile and manufacturing sector of some EU countries, then come out and say it. I am from Prato, a city that used to be one of the main textile districts within the whole of Europe. Local businesses that have managed to struggle on so far might not be able to withstand this latest blow. If things do, unfortunately, unfold in this way, we will be quite sure who is to blame.
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have always had clear ideas on the subject, others perhaps less so."@en1
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