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"Mr President, I admire Mr Deva's courage for tackling this subject. I have been working in developing countries for some twenty years myself, and I have to admit in all honesty that I have yet to discover how exactly one goes about developing a country. What works in one country does not in another. That is my conclusion in general.
Mr Deva himself refers to eastern Asia, which has experienced a tremendous economic upturn. What strikes me is that this development has taken place without any major development aid, and that this took place when most markets in the world were still closed. How is this possible, and why does this not work elsewhere? As Mr Fernández Martín has already pointed out, the report, in my view, does not sufficiently highlight the fact that sound development requires sound government, and certainly not a corrupt government. Unfortunately, I come across these far too often in most countries.
My group has tabled a few amendments at second reading. These amendments pertain to the following points. Firstly, we feel it is exaggerated to ban all exports of insecticides that are banned in Europe. Locust plagues in Africa can only be treated with pesticides that are banned in Europe, unless something new has come on the market in the last year, of which I am not aware. This is how it has always been.
It is also exaggerated, in our view, to prescribe the same food safety requirements in Europe as in the developing countries. Needless to say, we will not be exporting any meat that is contaminated with dioxin or BSE. But food is in short supply and – as we say in Dutch – hunger is the best sauce. We will therefore need to make the necessary adjustments. I do want to confirm that our group is completely behind the Doha Declaration, and I am pleased that the Commission has reiterated this.
Regrettably, the resolution does not mention the importance of a good price for agricultural products. As far as trade is concerned, I do not know whether Mr Deva has read the article in
a few weeks ago, which clearly stated that the trade barriers among the developing countries are much higher than those with the rich countries. He partly refers to this in the resolution, but this should, to my mind, be emphasised.
It would be perfect if we could blame the use of guns and pistols on those who manufacture them, but it seems a little idealistic to me. We regret that none of the amendments tabled by our group were adopted because there happen to be new rules. This is one of the reasons why my group will largely be abstaining from the vote on this resolution."@en1
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