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In addition to the many questions and comments that the report’s content (and omissions) raise, its condemnation regarding the volume of Official Development Assistance (ODA) should also be highlighted:
‘… notes the alarming decrease in EU aid in 2007 from EUR 47.7 billion in 2006 (…) to EUR 46.1 billion in 2007 ...’;
‘points out that the EU will have given EUR 75 billion less than was promised for the period 2005-2010 if the current trend continues’;
‘Expresses serious concern that a majority of the Member States (18 out of 27, especially Latvia, Italy, Portugal, Greece and the Czech Republic) were unable to raise their level of ODA between 2006 and 2007 and that there has even been a dramatic reduction of over 10% in a number of countries such as Belgium, France and the United Kingdom; …’;
‘Observes that the 2007 decreases in reported aid levels are due in some cases to the artificial boosting of figures in 2006 by debt relief; …’;
‘Views as totally unacceptable the discrepancy between the frequent pledges of increased financial assistance and the considerably lower sums that are actually disbursed …’;
Words that speak for themselves …"@en1
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