But, you know, I also was obliged to write that the Ndebele people were lagging behind in these development gains.

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But the UK was lagging behind Europe in its development of renewable energy sources, he said.

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Just as we in Europe have had to revise our traditional view of Britain as a country living in the past and lagging behind the mainstream of economic and social development, it is time for the British to revise their traditional view of the continent as a potential threat, and show enough courage to join the club.

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