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Mr President, I shall respond very briefly. I know that Mr Dupuis is, quite justifiably, passionate about this issue. I would simply say to him, without softening the attitude of the Commission at all, that in our efforts to try and secure protection for human rights and progress towards greater democracy, the setting of litmus tests is not always well advised. I can certainly see the direct and straightforward arguments for setting such tests. What we have to evaluate is whether that would help achieve the greater objective of bringing about the advances we all want to see.
Meanwhile, European taxpayers' money is going into development and cooperation in Vietnam. That is because people's lives would be blighted and even endangered if that aid was not provided. Consequently, whilst I understand the argument for conditionality and in many cases would take that to its logical conclusion, the Commission cannot be certain that that approach would, in these circumstances, lead to the outcome that Members of this House and of the Commission would want. This requires very delicate judgment. We have to continue to exercise it in the fashion familiar to the House."@en1
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