Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-03-Speech-1-175"
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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, what the Doha round was in essence about was the need for trade to support and promote development. Making this a normative requirement was a milestone in the history of international trade relations, and it was and is the right thing to do. What that means is that the continuation of the talks must be considered from the perspective of development.
This is what makes it all the more alarming that the renowned Carnegie Foundation should now come out with a report pointing out that the development content of the current round is virtually nil. We must take this analysis, and this judgment, very seriously, and in the light of them it is incumbent upon the Commission, in the negotiations, to use what is termed ‘special and preferential treatment’ as a way of finding and supporting flexible solutions for the developing countries.
What matters now is that what came out of Hong Kong should not be made any worse in the current negotiations. That is why we Greens reject the proposal put forward by Mr Papastamkos in his report that the number of coefficients in the Swiss formula be kept as low as possible. That, in essence, goes against the spirit of the Hong Kong compromise and would deny the developing countries greater scope for independent development, yet it is this flexibility that they need, and I call on the Council and the Commission to disregard proposals of this kind and to adopt a negotiating strategy that is favourable to development."@en1
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