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"Can I begin by being self-critical of this Parliament. We support the Commission in drawing up a clearer and concise set of development objectives and then produce a resolution that numbers 68 separate paragraphs in response.
Nevertheless, there is much in this report on which the Commission should reflect. Our objective should not be poverty reduction but poverty eradication. Integration in the world economy cannot be an end in itself in comparison with bringing the poor themselves to market. Poor people frequently depend on fragile ecosystems and therefore conservation and sustainability should be prime objectives of our policy. EU development policy should be guided by all UN international development targets and not just poverty.
The EU has a key responsibility, for example, in promoting access to education for all, especially girls. However, while supporting this resolution, let us recall previous statements in the Maastricht Treaty, in Horizon 2000 and then in Agenda 2000, all of which included fine statements of goodwill on development policy. The test is implementation.
Let us also recall that the Commissioner’s response in this Parliament last year that a communication on coherence had to wait until the overall development policy statement had been agreed. The protectionist backlash against the ‘Everything but Arms’ proposal demonstrates only too clearly the need to raise the profile of development objectives in our trade, agricultural and other policies.
Finally, we will only manage to focus on poverty if we reallocate properly our use of resources. The Commissioner and his services have been working closely with me and Parliamentary colleagues in recent weeks to ensure agreement on how to deliver this through the budget. I thank him for that.
We are very close to an understanding which will ensure that Parliament and Commission move forward together. However, a failure will seriously undermine the principles in this development policy communication and I appeal to him from the floor of the House to continue the dialogue before we reach a set of difficult votes in forthcoming weeks. I ask him to work with us so that we can turn our mutual desires into a common commitment."@en1
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