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"en.20040421.2.3-059"2
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"Mr President, one thing I would like to emphasise in the few seconds that I have here today is that the European Union must be more forceful in its presentation of its position vis-à-vis the Middle East. It must make clear to Israel, to the Palestinians and indeed to the United States that we are serious about finding a solution.
For that to happen, the international community, via the Quartet, has to act as an even-handed broker for peace. It is deeply regrettable that the United States administration, for purely electoral reasons, has decided to ditch the roadmap. We have to try and revive that, insofar as we can, and I wish the presidency luck with its efforts to achieve that over the next few weeks.
However, we have one weapon in our hands which we have consistently refused to use or even to threaten to use, and that is the suspension of the Association Agreement with Israel. What other weapon do we have in order to pressurise Israel to take its responsibilities seriously in that region? There is no other way in my view that we can bring the Israelis to the negotiating table in a serious frame of mind. Certainly the decision of the US Government last week to play to the Sharon government has not resulted in the ending of its assassination policy. It has not resulted in the ending of its 'apartheid wall' policy or of its policy of strengthening settlements in the West Bank, all of which is a recipe for continued pain and disaster in the Middle East."@en1
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