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"Mr President, despite the brave efforts, all the palaver with the resignation of the Commission, the replacement and hearings of the Commissioners did not succeed in blotting out the crux of the problem.
In fact, in our view, the most important thing is not the individual personalities and abilities of the Commissioners, nor the changes in administration. Our judgement and evaluation of the new Commission is based on the policies it is called upon to implement. We must admit that the Commissioners under scrutiny, both as individuals and as a whole, have all the skills and determination, as was evident not only in the hearings but also in Mr Prodi’s statements today, to meet both faithfully and unswervingly the objectives of the European Union at the cost of the interests of the working people and of the European people more generally.
In our view, it is certain that the new Commission will not just continue the disastrous work of the outgoing Commission, but will reinforce it. Today, Mr Prodi again presented his credentials to the forum affirming not only that both he and his team are ready to serve it but also that they can, with their alluring words, deliberately mislead the citizens. However, the people of Europe must not succumb to this seduction. It is simply the old hiding under the cloak of the new. They can, however, rest assured that even with the new Commission, today’s bleak situation will still persist as it is precisely that Commission which is the brainchild behind NATO and European Union policy. We will see fresh tensions and wars like the ones witnessed in the Balkans; a continuance of the double standards policy as regards respect for human rights and independence; we will also witness increased levels of unemployment, greater privatisation, the liquidation of all small and medium-sized agricultural and industrial enterprises, the gradual petering out of social rights, and the curtailment of democratic freedoms.
Thus, against this dangerous backdrop not only are we refusing to remain blasé, not only are we rejecting and voting against the new Commission, but we are also calling on all working people and the people of Europe, to step up their fight, to thwart those plans which are disastrous for their future and to revolt against the current situation, for the sake of another Europe, a Europe of the People, of peace and solidarity, of mutual and beneficial co-operation."@en1
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