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As we have already said more than once, the tragedy Pakistan has suffered requires European solidarity. However, this cannot be a pretext for putting the textile industry of several Member States, such as Portugal, at risk. There are other ways of showing solidarity: more effective forms of aid, aimed at re-establishing the affected areas and improving the living conditions of the affected people; based on a policy of effective and lasting development cooperation and aid, which supports the integrated and sustainable development of local communities. There are also, however, more equitable forms of aid. These trade concessions mainly benefit the major European importers, who thus see long-held aspirations satisfied. On the other hand, they damage the textile industry and the countries and regions most dependent on it. All this against a backdrop of a severe economic crisis and high unemployment.
While it is true that there is no way the measures proposed by the Commission can be a pretext for new job losses and increased exploitation in European industry, at the same time, we cannot ignore the objective difficulties that they will create. The report acknowledges these, amongst attempts to ‘sugar the pill’ with the introduction of safeguards that do not change its substance."@en1
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