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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071025.24.4-177"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-10-25-Speech-4-1782
lpv:speaker	lp:Frank Vanhecke2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2004-11-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; ITS (2007-01-15--2007-11-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I voted against the Martens report. I have to admit that there are quite a number of sensible points in the report, but to my mind it does not touch on the main cause of Africa's problems, and also it does not send the right signals on the problem of the future, the challenge of the future, which is the flood of immigrants. Why is it not even possible in a European Parliament report to refer to the main cause of the poverty, hunger, lack of security, social and economic problems in Africa? The main cause is the bad governments on the continent. It is the corrupt rulers who do not care about good governance, democracy or human rights, but who in their own countries, with money they steal from their citizens, spend more on arms every year than they receive in development aid. That is a scandal. The signal on immigration is also totally inadequate. Firstly, Europe cannot take any more immigration and, secondly, immigration to Europe by highly educated people from poor countries is a tragedy for the countries of origin themselves."@en1

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