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I find myself forced to abstain.
I believe the motion for a resolution, although dealing with an annual report for 2001, falls far short of properly representing the
reality of the implementation of the Cohesion Fund. It represents inaccurate realities which, even in view of the time to which they refer, are irredeemably divorced from the framework of conclusions and ways forward that should take precedence in a report of this nature.
Abstention also expresses my inability to agree with a reading which, in presenting concrete data supplied by the Commission, draws conclusions that have long been clearly invalid. Specifically, I could not help being particularly stung by the statements in clauses 8 and 9, which are potentially onerous for Portugal. It is unfortunately a fact that poor governance by the socialists in Portugal led to financial disaster, as shown by the public-sector deficit of 4.1% in 2001, which was punished by the Portuguese people in the early elections held in March 2002. On the one hand, however, this fact did not have the automatic effects that might be inferred from clause 8; and, on the other, clause 9 regrettably ignores the fact that the new Portuguese Government has – forcefully – already taken all the measures required to correct the situation. By making great sacrifices, it achieved absolute success straight away in 2002."@en1
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