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"Mr President, I am sorry to say that given the outcome of the summit, we are unable to endorse the positive assessment of it. We very much regret this. We had indeed hoped the major problems would be dealt with appropriately and appropriate solutions found.
I should first like to list briefly some areas where success seems to have been achieved. Ratification of the agreement with Chile is one of these. Confirmation that things are going well as far as the agreement with Mexico is concerned is another. I should also mention the Commission’s excellent work on the ALBAN proposal for postgraduates previously mentioned, and of course the standard declaration on the benefits of the association strategy.
There is also, however, a long list of omissions and missed opportunities. I should like to remind you of Mr Salafranca’s own report supported by the whole House. It provided an opportunity to adopt the broadest of approaches to the strategic association between Latin America and Europe, and to take determined action. Unfortunately, this did not come about.
There is a whole raft of very worrying issues, for instance the fact that all the critical points in Latin America seem to fall within what could loosely be described as the dark shadow cast by the United States in the aftermath of 11 September. Certain aspects of the FTAA (Free Trade Area of America) process are also giving cause for concern.
With regard to Argentina, it should be pointed out that taken together, the European Union countries constitute a majority in the International Monetary Fund. It was within their power to generate quite a different response to the crisis in Argentina.
Over and above all this there is the very worrying situation in Guatemala and in other Central American countries. Freedoms are under attack again. Once again too, leaders and human rights defenders are being done away with. The European Union has failed to rise to the challenge presented by Venezuela, and it has also missed the opportunity of improving relations with Cuba. Finally, I should like to emphasise that the situation in Colombia calls for peace and negotiation, not for lists. In a sense, the latter are the exact opposite to what is needed."@en1
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