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I have voted against this resolution because it lacks balance.
Firstly, Parliament has supported the inclusion on the Cancun agenda of the so-called Singapore issues, in other words, issues relating to investment, competition, trade facilitation and public procurement. This goes against the interests of the poor countries.
Secondly, Parliament has missed an opportunity to take a stand against the complaint relating to GMOs that the United States has lodged against the EU and to reject the slanderous propaganda that has accompanied this complaint and which fools no one. We only have to recall the unacceptable stance the United States has adopted on the issue of accessibility to medicines.
Thirdly, the idea that the world’s public assets, such as water, must be considered to be the common heritage of humanity has not been accepted.
Lastly, Parliament has not upheld the principle of the hierarchy of laws between WTO law and international environmental and social law, or the principle of the primacy of the United Nations.
Of course we wish to promote a more multilateral approach, but the context of the Cancun meeting is still a source of great concern. I can only hope that my reservations are unfounded and that unlike at Doha, we will achieve our aim without having to wait for another round of negotiations."@en1
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