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"Mr President, first of all, I would just like to express my sympathy and condolences to the people of Japan. I know we will have a debate on Japan in a few moments, but I hope that, in the days to come, as well, the Council will accommodate any requests from Japan for specialist assistance. We often talk about developing countries, but here we have a disaster area in a highly developed country, where additional help may still be needed. My second point is Libya. I do not think that any of the warm words expressed here today, even those expressed by the Commission, can change the facts that the European Union has no presence in Libya and that, at the moment, it is not even able to put a stop to the crisis in the cities or the actions of Mr Gaddafi’s ground troops. I would like to congratulate the French President on having ensured, at the very last minute, that the European Union was actually able to do something in consultation with NATO, but the suffering of the people is not over yet and it would be wise of us to be modest about our role. Europe is better at providing help a crisis than during a crisis, as I have already said on previous occasions. Finally, I would like to turn to the Euro Pact. I think that we have, indeed, taken important steps forward. Mr Barroso has dubbed it a cornerstone, but I do not think that the cornerstone is yet firmly in place, and in the coming months we will have to move forward. This will not really be resolved tomorrow."@en1
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