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"Mr President, in July my United Kingdom Conservative colleagues were prepared to support you, Mr Barroso, and, despite reservations, your Commission team. You have demonstrated clearly your pro-reform views both as Prime Minister in Portugal and also in your prospectus for the EU, especially on the Lisbon Agenda.
However, we remained concerned that the objectivity in the process of judgment of your Commission team was corrupted here by left-wing politicians in this House. We have great reservations about Mr Kovács in particular. We were very sad to see the loss of a good man in Mr Buttiglione. In addition, the goodness of Mr Kovács is as yet far from proven. The inconsistency in our failure to give at least an indicative vote on that candidate, when we have given one Mr Buttiglione, is a matter of some concern.
However, Mr Barroso, we wish to give you our support in the work that you have to do. We welcome you as incoming Commission President. The complications of the ratification process must, however, provide us with a serious lesson for the future. We on this side of the House are always willing to learn. It seems to me that Socialists and Liberals never seem to learn; they may well gloat, but they do not learn.
Finally, Mr Kilroy-Silk, who spoke earlier, patently has not even found his way to the classroom of his kindergarten."@en1
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