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"Mr President, I would firstly like to congratulate Mr Cohn-Bendit and Mr Morillon because the working approach proposed in this report reflects the approach drawn up in the resolution on the Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference in Valencia. Therefore, we will do everything possible to ensure that the consensus approach will allow this report to be effective.
I am going to refer directly to the issue of human rights, as Mrs Napoletano did previously. It is especially appropriate that today’s debate on Algeria, proposed by the Liberal Group, is taking place so soon after the elections that a delegation from Parliament attended.
I must also say that I was surprised by the Commissioner’s comments on human rights in relation to the visit of the troika, a visit which furthermore took place after the elections; I would like to remind you that our visit took place before the elections.
The Committee for Information on Algeria is at work and will publish its conclusions at the appropriate time, in expectation of the work on the report on ratification which is being prepared by Mr Obiols i Germà.
I would like to point out that the almost complete lack of participation in the elections in Kabilia, the very low turn-out in Algeria as a whole and the fact that the majority of the population has not been involved and that there have been significant complaints about human rights is extremely worrying.
In this regard, I would like to insist once again that in our resolution on the Valencia Conference, we express our unanimous concern at the human rights situation, we defend the need for the situation not to worsen in certain countries with which we have signed association agreements – and the conditions are worsening – and we propose the establishment of mechanisms for applying the democratic clause. If we do not move in this direction, our credibility will hit rock-bottom.
Therefore, Mr President, I insist that the report by Mr Morillon and Mr Cohn-Bendit moves in the right direction; we will try to persuade them to support our amendments, at least the general ones, not those relating to specific countries. If over the coming months we are not effective in our defence of human rights, through mechanisms and instruments rather than through declarations, I do not believe we will be moving in the right direction."@en1
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