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"Mr President, I would also like to talk about the Singapore issues, because there is massive hypocrisy at the heart of the Commission and Council position.
According to your rhetoric, Commissioner, these negotiations were supposed to be heralding a development round which prioritises the concerns of developing countries. You like to portray the EU as a supporter and advocate of developing countries and yet the EU is now perceived as bullying these countries into a new set of issues on investment and competition, in spite of the fact that the vast majority of them have already categorically said that they do not want negotiations in these areas. Even the ACP Group – a group with which this Parliament is supposed to have a special relationship – has issued a statement stating it does not want them. The least-developed countries do not want them.
On behalf of my group, I would like to issue a challenge to you today. If you are serious about this new round genuinely being a development round and if you genuinely want the EU to be seen as a supporter of developing countries, will you ask the Council to withdraw the demands on these issues? If not, can you tell us how you square your so-called support for developing countries with your agenda, which is running precisely counter to their interests and wishes?"@en1
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