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"Mr President, I would like to say a few words in relation to the word ‘solidarity’, which has been used a lot here during the debate this morning. I feel an obligation, as coordinator for the European People’s Party on the Committee on Development, to speak about solidarity with citizens in the developing world.
Mr Cameron’s name has been mentioned here several times this morning. Can I say that I am a great admirer of Mr Cameron and his government for their actions in committing to meeting their 0.7% contribution to the developing world. Indeed the rest of us could learn, in terms of solidarity with the developing world, from the actions of the British Government. That is said by somebody who does not share a lot of Mr Cameron’s views.
The reality of the matter is this: while we are talking about our own constituents – and they do face difficulties and we do need to have solidarity with them – that solidarity should not end within the European Union. By 2050 the population of the world will have increased by two billion people, 90% of whom will born into what is now the developing world, where 23 000 children die each day. That is 23 000 children today and 23 000 children again tomorrow and 23 000 children every single day while the budget negotiations are going on.
Mr Barroso had to propose an emergency food regulation about two years ago. I was the rapporteur dealing with it and we had to get it through Parliament. Our humanitarian budget makes up something like 0.62% of the budget, yet we are proposing to cut that money. It is petty cash as far as we are concerned. It is life-giving as far as these children I am speaking of are concerned. In heaven’s name, do we have to cut our development budget further? When our GNI goes down, fine, our contributions go down, but we should not bring down the payments even further than that.
I make a special plea, not for me, not for my constituents, not for votes, but for the people who are dying each day. Please fight for this budget for the developing world."@en1
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