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"en.20120703.23.2-612-000"2
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"Today’s debate is an example of how politics, veiled in ‘technicalities’, interfere with trade to the detriment of the consumers of both parties.
We, in this House, are split: some have placed the consumers from their countries at the centre of their attention and, consequently, want the ACAA approved, while others want to use ACAA as a ram against Israel’s settlements in the occupied territories, in an attempt to hit the Israeli Government.
The latter’s argument is that we cannot trust the Commission – which we trust on all other similar occasions – to uphold the 2010 decision of the ECJ and clearly state our policy regarding those territories.
And what will happen if the ‘disbelievers’ want to remain unconvinced, in spite of all the assurances of the Commission and all the instruments at their disposal to check and double check that all the current regulations are respected? Will it result in the approval for a technical protocol to an existing agreement being perpetually denied?
I personally think that one should keep things straight and make the obligatory distinction between trade and politics; concentrating on politics for our political objectives and leaving the consumers on both sides to take advantage of bilateral trade between the two parties."@en1
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