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"Madam President, first of all, I want to reiterate that we believe that it is in the interests of all of us in the European Union to close the Guantánamo detention centre, and, as I have stated before, the Commission expects further progress on closing Guantánamo in the near future to be made by the American Administration.
As a comment on Mr Scholz’s intervention, I would like to underline again that we believe that the prime responsibility for Guantánamo lies with the United States. However, the Commission is of the opinion that we, the European Union, should be as helpful as possible in resolving the issue and some important steps have already been taken by the Obama Administration. They were mentioned by the Minister.
In response to Mr Zemke’s question, we should indeed mention that Obama ended the use of enhanced interrogation measures and techniques, and we welcome this step.
In response to Mr Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra’s question about the 50 detainees whose fate is not decided yet, we believe that the US Administration will proceed with those 50 cases and they will achieve a state or solution similar to those achieved in the previous ones.
The Commission has not yet received the report of the task force, so we cannot give you any specific clarification, but in general, we believe that we want a due process for all.
Finally, we believe that we should continue to support a coordinated EU approach to the situation, and we will appreciate Parliament’s input and efforts in this respect."@en1
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