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"Mr President, on a point of order. At the beginning of this debate, the Commission informed us that it would not accept most of the amendments that have been agreed between the political parties in this House. That now means that instead of sending meaningful help to the devastated fishing communities by way of skilled experts, fishermen, engineers, boat-builders and money, we are going to send one or two old, redundant boats at massive cost as a purely political gesture. That is not helpful. The FAO has written to the chairman of the Committee on Fisheries to explain that Sri Lanka and Indonesia reject this help. They do not want these boats. Under these circumstances we should think again, before the final resolution is voted upon.
I would suggest that we are not in the business of political gestures; we are in the business of giving real, meaningful help to the fishing communities that have lost their livelihoods and their lives. Meaningful help does not mean sending one or two redundant boats from the Mediterranean. I hope that we will therefore reject the Commission proposal."@en1
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