Translate the following English sentence to French:
"First of all, I would like to say that the Group of the European People' s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats supports the proposal, now that the Council' s declaration on Iraq is not taking place, to replace Iraq with Ethiopia."
Premièrement, je voudrais dire que le PPE soutient la proposition, puisque la déclaration du Conseil sur l'Irak n'aura pas lieu, de remplacer ce point par l'Éthiopie.