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"For a Portuguese Member of Parliament from the CDS/Partido Popular, a party which has been notable for its opposition to and criticism of the very negative way in which the Socialist government routed in Portugal's elections on 17 March has run the economy and the public finances of our country in recent years – and, indeed, during the period under review – it was particularly difficult for me to formulate my position on Mr Marinos's important report. On the one hand, we support many of his criticisms and the way he has drawn attention to worrying situations in various countries. But on the other hand, we cannot support him in advocating that the Council should have adopted more draconian measures. Nevertheless, it really is regrettable that things should have gone this far. When it comes to Portugal it seems that what is most important now, rather than complaining about the past, is to focus the attention and will of everyone interested in these issues on vigorously supporting the redoubled efforts of the new Portuguese Government, in very difficult circumstances, to get things back onto a more positive track as soon as possible. An example of this came at the end of yesterday's debate when, in response to me, Commissioner Solbes specifically recognised this. I am certain that these efforts on the part of the new Portuguese authorities will be recognised and appropriately supported at political level by all the European institutions and that those efforts will be supported by a majority of Members of this House."@en1
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