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". Thank you very much, Mr President, and thank you very much as well to the High Representative and Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner for their immense efforts in the quest for peace in the region. It is clear that many things are moving in terms of this complex equation between war and peace in Palestine: the satisfactory result of the elections in which the Union and Parliament participated – I would also like to mention the efforts of Mr Rocard and Mr McMillan-Scott and others – the fact that we must congratulate ourselves on the fact that support for terrorism in the region has dropped from 65% to 40% since June – and this figure must continue to fall – the need to consolidate a truce with the extremist organisations and the efforts being made by the new President of the Palestinian National Authority to achieve it, which has created a new climate of dialogue, and the gradual realisation by the Israeli Government that there must be a viable Palestinian state, and at the same time a withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank. All of these conditions, Mr President, are promoting the new climate and I believe that the parties must take decisions, they must take risks in order to restore the process and they must resolve this kind of situation in some way by restoring the roadmap. There is now an essential premise and that is an end to violence. Violence is not the solution, violence is the problem, and the 4000 dead, the thousands of injured and the social, economic and also moral devastation of some parts of Palestine clearly demonstrate the results of this immense process of violence in the region. Mrs Ferrero-Waldner expressed it very clearly: unfortunately, the efforts of the parties will not be sufficient to consolidate this cessation of violence and the international community must be decisively committed. And in this regard, Mr President, the European Union must take a step in the right direction and must increase its efforts not only through its actions, but also by bringing together wills and forging consensus with the partners in the Quartet. In fact, the arrival of President Bush in Europe offers an excellent opportunity to involve the new administration in this peace process. Only through determination, only by supporting and consolidating the new Palestinian Authority, by supporting that administration, by restoring infrastructures and supporting security processes will we be able to make progress in this direction. Mr President, by keeping a firm hand on the rudder and not giving in to the scourge of terrorism, we will be able to restore the process, firstly, and then consolidate the fair and lasting peace that the region has been crying out for for almost a century."@en1

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