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". – Mr President, I disagree with the claim that this is the worst fisheries agreement that we have. The fact is, unfortunately, that there are many worse agreements than this one. We are in the process of renewing and modernising these agreements, making them more relevant and increasing the focus on social development. The old generation of these agreements, however, really deserves a black mark, and it is thus extremely important to change this situation. This is happening on a country-by-country basis.
The current conflict in Côte d'Ivoire is not a very good background for stopping this agreement. We should be wary of politicising the matter by using the agreement to put pressure on the Government to achieve peace and reconciliation. It is very difficult to pressurise the opposition in this way.
As regards surveillance and the management of maritime resources, this conflict has not really taken place at sea, so I find it rather artificial to link the problems in the country with the continuation of this agreement. We are trying to do useful things in Côte d'Ivoire, and at the same time we are putting pressure on all sides to arrive at a compromise.
If we start politicising this activity we will be sending the wrong signals to those involved. I would thus urge Parliament to stop this. Mrs McKenna made some very relevant points, however. There is a process under way to increase the focus on development in these fisheries agreements."@en1
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