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"This report contains a long list of proposed measures that the EU should take in order to help combat poverty in Africa. Regrettably, the EU does not, however, have an overall view of development issues. In the present situation, the EU hands out resources with one hand, only to take them back with the other. That is not a credible way to act.
The first proposal should concern the EU’s need to carry out radical overhauls of its agricultural, fisheries and trade policies. Unfortunately, there is no political will in this Chamber to do that.
The British Presidency and the Commission have stated that development issues in Africa are a policy area to be given priority. Despite that, the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament all defend the EU’s fisheries agreements. These agreements are principally aimed at guaranteeing the EU’s short–term economic interests, and they generate extremely limited resources for those who need them, namely poor fishermen in developing countries.
We must, as a matter of urgency, prevent the fragmentation and duplication of aid. I do not, however, think that the EU’s role should be that of leading the world on this issue. We do not need more aid organisations but should, rather, endeavour to pool our common efforts within already existing organisations.
The primary task of the EU should be to reform the Union’s destructive policies. If that is not done, the developing countries will never be given a fair opportunity to achieve increased prosperity and development."@en1
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