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"Mr President, I believe stability and equality are the key issues that we need to be focusing on. The Brussels conference on Afghanistan endorsed an ambitious Afghan reform agenda. Based on this, international community is committed to giving Afghanistan EUR 13.6 billion. Out of that, the EU committed to EUR 5 billion. I agree with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, that investing in the Afghan people is a way of investing in international stability.
But to make that investment worthwhile, we must support a political settlement between the Afghan government and the Taliban. I applaud Pakistan and Qatar for their efforts to make this happen. We in Europe live in a time of austerity and slow economic growth. The European taxpayers are worried that the money given to Afghanistan will be disappropriated. As you know, Afghanistan features high on the global corruption index. Commissioner, what checks and balances has the EU put in place to ensure that the money we give finds its way to those that truly need it, and not in the pockets of profiteers?"@en1
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