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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-04-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Mali (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120417.15.2-100-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-17-Speech-2-101-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Véronique De Keyser2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; S&D (2012-01-19--2012-06-06)3 member; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; DEVE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Parti Socialiste (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I think we are nearly all in agreement concerning the tragic situation in Mali. I would just like to remind you of a feeling of unease in relation to this problem because, as we said before, we saw it coming. It really is the chronicle of a catastrophe foretold. We – I am referring to Mr Gahler, myself and Mr Goerens – who have seats in the ACP, have been listening for months now, since the Libyan intervention, to the panic-stricken cries of our Malian colleagues who said to us: ‘Something is going to happen in Mali’. We heard them at the ACP meeting in Togo, and the day prior to the coup, and in Brussels, whereby our colleague, Mr Assari, showed genuine anger and desperation when he said, ‘But you must help us!’ and the coup took place the very next day ... So, we want to say, ‘How was it that we were not able to do anything?’ We had a strategy for the Sahel, we knew the facts, we knew that something was going to happen, and today we have heard people say, ‘We will support the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), we will try and foster regional cooperation, we will try, once there is a transitional government in place, to undertake development actions for some of these regions which are very poor’. However, might we not have been able to limit the damage as regards what is now happening, knowing full well that today, it is a real powder keg? There is no point in looking towards the past and we must look forwards, but I believe that we must take into account all of these problems, as Ms Vergiat explained very well: it was a foreseeable problem and so we must therefore seize it with both hands."@en1
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