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"en.20030320.2.4-045"2
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"It is with great sadness that, with the war in Iraq already having begun, we are here taking part in what is nonetheless an important extraordinary sitting, to which we are contributing, together with our group, in this last ditch attempt to join forces against the war. The protest still stands at this particularly serious time in international politics, marked by a unilateral, unlawful war waged by the United States and its allies in defiance of the United Nations’ Charter and the will of the Security Council, which will provoke a humanitarian disaster and cause the deaths of thousands of innocent people.
It is inadmissible and particularly repellent that a number of European governments, especially that of Portugal, should be associated, through the notorious Azores Summit, with this war that has been condemned by a range of public opinion and is the subject of a motion of censure delivered to the government of my country.
It is unacceptable that, in disregard for the European Parliament’s position – which is one of opposition to a war without the sanction of the United Nations – some European governments should have persisted in their support for the Bush administration, whose real objective was never to disarm Iraq but, rather, to overthrow the Iraqi regime, install a North American protectorate there and control the wealth of Iraq, particularly in the form of oil.
We shall continue to oppose war and to defend peace."@en1
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