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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is abundantly obvious that the situation in Iraq is gradually deteriorating. Guerrilla fighting is spreading and the number of terrorist acts is rising. Last Sunday, 600 attacks of this type occurred. The position of the interim government is weakening, and there is a risk that the political process outlined in Security Council Resolution 1546 will be brought to a halt. Elections are meant to take place by 31 January 2005. If they do not, the constitution will not be adopted and a final, permanent government will not be appointed in early 2006.
This means we are currently at a turning point, and that either Iraq will take action to abide by the timetable outlined in Resolution 1546, or the entire reconstruction of the country will be brought to a halt. This leads to the question as to how to proceed.
Firstly, the military coalition should not be weakened, as the socialists wish, and troops should not be withdrawn. Instead, the military contingent should be increased, as the present number of around 200 000 soldiers is quite inadequate to stabilise the situation in Iraq.
Secondly, the UN’s role in Iraq should gradually be stepped up, and it should go beyond its current role as midwife to the democratic process.
Thirdly, and as set out in the motion for a resolution on Iraq by members of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats, it is important for the European Union to be extremely active in its support for the transformation of Iraq in various fields, on the premise that Iraq is our joint responsibility, the joint responsibility of all Europeans and that of the entire European Union.
It is important to provide political backing, supporting the measures taken by the interim government, and later by the permanent Iraqi authorities. Expert support is also needed, in creating police forces, for example. Humanitarian and financial support on a far greater scale than this year is required too.
A democratic Iraq should not be held hostage to last year’s arguments in Europe. Mr Bot said that Iraq is a divisive issue. It should not be, and a line should be drawn under the arguments of the past year. Iraq’s future requires all of us and the entire European Union to be fully mobilised, as was and is the case for reconstruction in the Balkans."@en1
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