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"en.20011210.3.1-046"2
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"Madam President, as you are well aware, the situation caused by ETA’s terrorism in Spain is horrendous, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your work during your Presidency. I would like to say once again that I totally reject ETA and all those who support it or apologise for it.
Madam President, both myself and my party have been seriously slandered in some sections of the Spanish media, since, through illness, I was not able to attend the last part-session in Brussels, where a debate and a vote were held on Mr Watson’s report, which I fully supported through various press releases which were sent to all the Spanish media 24 hours before the debate and the vote, and which were systematically hushed up.
For all these reasons, Madam President, I would ask for your support in this situation in which I have been unable to defend myself. To this end, since my position and that of my party was clear, public and expressed prior to the vote, I would like to ask you formally that my vote in favour of the Watson report and Amendments Nos 117 and 118 be registered, as that is how I would have voted had I been present. Furthermore, I would point out that the inclusion of my vote would not significantly alter the final result of the vote.
Finally, I would like to publicly thank the Efe Agency, the only one to express the truth in its communications. We will always support the defence of life and the most fundamental rights and we will always be against murderers and those who justify and support them."@en1
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