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"This resolution is one of a number of concerns of Parliament, prior to the ratification of the free trade agreements with Colombia and Peru. This resolution welcomes ‘the Colombian Government’s efforts to fight impunity and the murder of trade unionists and human rights defenders’. Colombia is still the country in the world where the greatest number of trade unionists are assassinated with total impunity (90% of these murders go without punishment), a fate that they share with human rights defenders and the ‘indigenous’ population. Furthermore, these free trade agreements also fail to promote the sustainable development policies which these countries need. In that sense, these agreements are blind to the economy and will make inequalities even worse. I therefore voted against this resolution in order to condemn the hypocrisy of the European Union, which is moving towards the ratification of a free trade agreement with a country like Colombia while, at the same time, claiming to be up to date on human rights and environmental protection. The Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left will be united on this agreement, in particular, in the vote in the Committee on International Trade on 10 July."@en1
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