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"I voted against this report on establishing a new financing instrument for development cooperation, which provides for banana accompanying measures (BAM) for certain African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, following the reduction in their tariff preferences. Needless to say, I am in favour of this aid programme, which has a budget of EUR 190 million; I am also in favour of establishing BAM in the banana industry, because it is a crucially important sector for our ACP partners. However, I am totally against the position taken by the Council on this issue, and its refusal to acknowledge any of Parliament’s powers. Indeed, the Treaty of Lisbon places the European Parliament on an equal footing with the Council when it comes to the approval of strategic priorities and financial allocations in the programming of European funds, including those allocated to development cooperation. With its inflexible position and threats to block the entire legislative package, the Council has shamefully denied the mandate given to the European Parliament’s negotiating team led by Mr Goerens, who has himself requested that his name be withdrawn from the report as a sign of his displeasure. Those are the reasons why I voted against the report."@en1
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