Plenardebatten

Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2018 - Straßburg

8.4. Verhandlungen über ein neues Partnerschaftsabkommen EU/AKP (B8-0274/2018)

Mündliche Erklärungen zur Abstimmung

  Andrejs Mamikins (S&D). – Madam President, I would like to stress that our main task as representatives of the European Union is not to preach and sermonise to the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states about how to build and govern their states, but to give them reliable support. In order to build strong partnership relations and bonds between the EU and the ACP, we need to gain their trust and ensure that European companies do not violate the rights of the indigenous population of the ACP. Our political dialogue must be balanced and based on mutual respect and trust first of all. Moreover, the renewed EU and ACP cooperation and partnership should ensure more effective joint action to tackle the various challenges facing the world today, such as combating terrorism and, first of all, organised crime. I voted in favour, of course.