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dcterms:Date	"2012-05-23"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120523.18.3-393-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Paulo Rangel2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; EPP (2009-11-25--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AFCO (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; JURI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Wammen, I would like to begin by saying that it is regrettable that Baroness Ashton, the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative, is not present at a debate of this importance. In any case, it is a pleasure to work once again with the President-in-Office of the Council, who has made a statement here that I would like to review in full. In the first place, I would like to extend some words of comfort and solidarity to the people of Guinea-Bissau, which has been systematically slaughtered due to democratic and political instability, and to serious insecurity. As though the poverty surrounding them were not enough, they have been constantly hit by these evils. Moreover, I would like to add that, during its Presidency, the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) has been following this issue from the very beginning. It is therefore regrettable that it has taken Parliament a month to manage to hold a debate on this matter. This is due to the invisibility of the Guinean people and the issue of Guinea-Bissau. The reason for this invisibility is that, unlike other issues of similar severity, the economic interests of the major EU, US and global powers are not at stake here, so they do not feel compelled to discuss the situation of the Guinean people. However, I would say that, if an external reason is needed and if the poverty and political instability in this country is not enough for us to urge global humanitarian and political action, at the very least, the drug trafficking situation ravaging Guinea-Bissau, with a direct impact on the peoples of Europe and the US, should be reason enough for us to engage with this situation. That is why I am asking the EU to take a more robust stance. United Nations Security Council Resolution 2048/2012 and the decisions by the EU, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and the African Union are undoubtedly positive, although those of the Economic Community of West African States are perhaps not. However, resolutions are not enough: action is needed. We must be firm and more effective when it comes to states that have the capacity to intervene in Guinea-Bissau. We are obliged to take such action. I also believe that at this moment, the EU is responding well in terms of its principles, but it is not providing an adequate response in terms of practical tools for operating on the ground. I would like to ask the Council and the Commission for such tools."@en1
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