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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the daily events in every part of the world continue to reinforce the need to get the European diplomatic service up and running as soon as possible.
The political agreement reached should be regarded as nothing other than an excellent starting point and an extremely positive sign for the actual start-up of the service. The objectives that have been identified, namely the fact that the service should be strong and should allow the European Union to strengthen its role on the international stage, the importance of maintaining and strengthening the Community method within the service itself, and the guarantee of budgetary and political monitoring by Parliament will ensure – I am certain – tangible results.
A few points still have to be clarified, however, and they relate to what is arguably the most crucial aspect where the implementation of the service is concerned. I refer to the ambiguous stance taken by many governments. Although they were crossed when the recent Madrid Agreement was signed, the red lines mentioned by Mr Gualtieri do nonetheless count on an informal level, given the ambiguous behaviour of many governments that I spoke about just now. I am thinking of the statements made yesterday by Mr Moratinos of the outgoing Presidency, who was therefore, in many ways, rightfully anxious to insist on this result, which he stated clearly when speaking of human rights in Cuba: in this sector, bilateral agreements should be preferred over a common European position.
Therefore, Commissioner, we would run an enormous risk if we encouraged this ambiguity, if we promoted the fact that, behind the much-celebrated political agreement, there might actually be hiding yet another round of negotiations over positions and powers instead of the development of an effective mechanism. I am convinced that you will be able to achieve the results that we all desire."@en1
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