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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to ask Parliament to call on the European Commission to abolish or temporarily suspend customs duties on aluminium imported from Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States into the new Member States of the EU, in particular Poland. These customs duties were introduced after the recent enlargement of the EU and set at 6%. The result has been a significant fall in the competitiveness of many Central and Eastern European businesses. In Poland, for example, these customs duties directly affect businesses employing 5 000 people, as well as many thousands of businesses associated with the aluminium industry. A great deal is heard in this House about those who have benefited from the EU enlargement, but it is worth remembering that there are also those who have little reason to rejoice, and through no fault of their own. Instead of being selfish, we must help those who are suffering as a result of the fact that the European Union underwent enlargement on 1 May."@en1
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