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Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) has become a very important subject in the debate on EU development policy. The Treaty of Lisbon makes eradication of poverty an overall goal of EU development policy (Article 21) and, with the aim of achieving this goal, states the need for a coherent approach in terms of EU external action, covering trade, agriculture, fisheries, climate change and tax havens (Article 208). Unfortunately, the report in question is not an evaluation of implementation of PCD or its weaknesses. Rather, it is a report on what PCD should be. There are positive elements in the report, such as recognition of the right of developing countries to define their own policies by democratic means and to protect their economy. However, I could not allow myself, in the name, indeed, of genuine Policy Coherence for Development, to vote in favour of a resolution that encourages the expansion of agri-fuels in developing countries and supports agro-industry. That contributes towards land grabbing and runs wholly contrary to the notion of food sovereignty."@en1
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