European Parliament
Ribeiro e Castro (UEN ).
(PT)
Mr President, as a Portuguese Member of this Parliament, I simply wish to say the following: whatever opinion one has of Amendment No 20, it is totally wrong and dishonest to claim that it has anything to do with the Accession Treaty, which has expired. This was made perfectly clear in yesterday’s debate in speeches by some of my Portuguese colleagues, such as Arlindo Cunha, Ilda Figueiredo and, in particular, some very lively speeches by Paulo Casaca. The comment that Mr Varela has just made on this point is, therefore, completely untrue.
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