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"Mr President, numerous members have quite rightly asked themselves what the European Union can basically do. However, the question is directed at us. If some of our fellow Members were in the position of the Commissioners or the Council, they would face the same inability. The European Union is not doing what it should, because it has not managed to find a common intention, a truly common foreign policy and a fundamental ability to apply its common intention along the lines of international law and because, in this specific conflict of the major powers over Syria, the European Union simply appears to be taking the position of supporting one part of the major powers, even though it has its own position and potential, a position and potential in keeping with the law of the citizens, in this particular case, of Syria.
Besides, if we look honestly at what happened with the Arab Spring in the other countries in the area, I do not think that we would conclude that we managed to do the right thing. I shall close by saying that, if the European Union does not have its own credibility and ability to defend the law, then it will continue
to stumble between the position of intervener and the position of impassive observer. Both are equally damaging to Syria."@en1
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