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"Mr President, Parliament has been called on to debate and vote for this legislative initiative from the Commission, which is based on an agreement already reached with the Council and with the Commission. As the Chair of the Committee on International Trade (INTA), I would have preferred the opposite approach, in other words, to negotiate with the other institutions only after the debate and the vote in plenary. Be that as it may, the agreement that Parliament will debate today and vote on next Wednesday is balanced and positive. While respecting the Commission’s objectives, it improves some of the less positive aspects, such as the special safeguard for textiles.
In agreements such as this, no one is ever 100% satisfied. Personally, I continue to object to the expansion of criteria for access to GSP+, as this will allow large economies such as Pakistan and the Philippines, which are very competitive in certain sectors, to have access to this very advantageous scheme. This will be detrimental to poorer economies and to the most vulnerable countries in the European Union itself.
To close, as the Chair of INTA I wish to congratulate our rapporteur, Christofer Fjellner, for his excellent work, and the Danish Presidency, through Ambassador Kelstrup, and the European Commission, represented by Peter Thomson, for their negotiating skills in reaching this agreement that will further the European Union’s objectives on this issue."@en1
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