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"The European Union’s trade policy should be consistent with the general objectives set out in the Treaty on European Union and contribute to sustainable development, employment and social progress in Europe and in its partner countries, as well as to a form of globalisation in which human and social rights are respected. Ms Jaakonsaari’s report on a new enhanced partnership and cooperation agreement between the European Union and Kazakhstan points to the latter’s serious shortcomings with regard to democracy and human rights, in particular workers’ rights. It states that, in order to tackle these practices, which are incompatible with the objectives of the European Union, the trade component of the agreement must include a binding chapter on compliance with social, democratic and environmental standards. I call on the Commission to apply the recommendations set out in this report in the ongoing negotiations. In the event of serious breaches of human rights, the European Union should not be afraid to invoke all conditionality clauses included in the agreement and, if need be, to suspend it temporarily. This conditionality is a prerequisite for maintaining a fair external policy and even-handed trade policy."@en1
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