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"Mr President, I should like to thank the Commissioners for their statement.
On external actions, I noted that the Commissioner mentioned Iraq but did not mention Afghanistan. The European Union has done a lot in Afghanistan; we have committed and spent money faster than ever before in keeping our promises. I am worried about the security situation in Afghanistan, however. The money might just as well have been thrown down the drain if the situation reverts to where it was a couple of years ago under the Taliban.
The same situation applies to Iraq. Unless the security situation is secured, we are putting money from the poorest people in the world into an area which is quite rich. I feel that there is some measure of caution that we need to exercise in whatever we do in Iraq, unless the security situation confirms that the funds we give for cooperation and development are secured and that we are not wasting the money because the situation becomes unstable and dangerous.
On the point of the Lisbon Agenda, I should like to ask the Commissioner to look back at the record of the Conservative Party: in 1977 my country was considered the sick man of Europe; my party got into power under Margaret Thatcher and we are today one of the richest and most prosperous regions of Europe. You do not need to go and reinvent the wheel: please read the books."@en1
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