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"Mr President, my views on third-country fishing agreements are well known but once again I wish to record my disgust at the fact that the European Union is entering into agreements which, despite the honeyed words, are nothing short of economic imperialism.
What is particularly striking today is the sheer impotence of this Parliament, together with the contempt with which it is treated by the Council and the Commission. Today we are being consulted on an agreement which came into force in December 2001 – nearly three months ago. If this House had any dignity whatsoever it would protest against such cavalier treatment, but of course it is mute. This supposed watchdog has been very effectively muzzled. But even if the whole House rose up and voted to censure this proposal, it would not make a blind bit of difference. As ever, to its eternal shame, the Committee on Fisheries approved this agreement. But even if it had objected to it unanimously, once again that would not have made any difference whatsoever.
So as we move to a vote I am sure that this House will do what it always does and rubber-stamp the decision already made by the committee. As a democratic institution one has to say that it is nothing more than a sham.
But my question, Mr Fischler, is how many hundreds more black Africans need to be killed by European Union boats before you start listening?"@en1
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