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The relationship that has developed between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries deserves our recognition and our applause. These countries have a special significance and importance for the great majority of the Member States in particular and for the whole European Union in general, both for historical reasons and also simply out of a sense of international responsibility.
Because this is an important and useful relationship, as reflected in the activities of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly, it must be both honest and consistent with the principles upheld and regularly demanded by the European Union. Good relations between the two sides are not just desirable but essential, but they are only possible – and only useful – if based on a philosophy of upholding the values in which we believe and, consequently, if the European Union does not hesitate to criticise – and to act accordingly – in cases where the countries in question do not fulfil their duties towards the international community or towards their own citizens. Relations have generally been like this, despite the disagreement that we have had occasion to express in cases such as Cuba or Angola. Even so, I voted in favour of the report."@en1
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