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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I wish to welcome the Madrid agreement reached at the second European Union, Latin America and Caribbean Summit and to welcome the recognition of common values between our two continents. I have in mind in particular the protection of fundamental rights, economic cooperation, and the fight against terrorism and drugs. Even if this summit had not achieved any other results, these would be enough to demonstrate that cooperation between the two sides of the Atlantic is a politically credible process, as Commissioner Vitorino has said, which will proceed at a good pace despite the difficulties being experienced by some Latin American countries.
Nevertheless, I wish to strike a note of realism. As with all summits, the objectives set and the means of achieving them are two quite different things. In this context, I believe that it is crucial to adopt initiatives and concrete actions that will give the objectives agreed upon some real substance. It is also essential to increase trade and to stimulate investment in both regions by means of a prudent but decisive policy of opening up markets and by resisting the unjustified temptation to resort to protectionism, as President Prodi has also said. All this presupposes support for private initiatives in the countries of Latin America as a vital element of this twofold strategy of economic development and combating poverty.
Lastly, we should not lose sight of the need to defend and strengthen human rights and to promote democracy in all the countries of the region, without exception, and those words 'without exception' need to be stressed so that we do not overlook the dictatorship in Cuba once again, except for my colleague Mrs Malmström that is.
Despite the gaps in it, I support the joint motion for a resolution, which is also supported by my own political group, and I am certain that the European Parliament will continue to contribute in the months and years to come, and will continue to devote its attention to this, to developing appropriate conditions for a successful summit to be held in Mexico in 2004."@en1
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