Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-14-Speech-2-074"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cocoa and chocolate products (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000314.6.2-074"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-14-Speech-2-0752
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, rules make sense if their purpose is to protect people against the power of money, against health risks and against poverty. If the European Union lays down rules governing the production of chocolate, then these should be geared to protecting the cocoa farmers in the third world, especially in Africa. Rules are also important to protect consumers against genetic modification and against the addition of unexpected substances. Lastly, rules are important to protect expertise and craftsmanship within Europe. What is now threatening to happen is at complete odds with this. Should free trade be granted absolute priority? This may fit in rather well with the development currently taking place within the European Union. A social-democratic and christian-democratic project is being developed to put protective measures in place within a highly liberalised economy in which anything goes, and which promotes competition and considers the consumer’s freedom of choice to be sacrosanct. The price to be paid for this, by African farmers in particular, is too high. I value the attempts made by Mr Lannoye to keep these negative developments within bounds, but it would be better still to continue to offer full protection against the processing of other products and cocoa butter."@en1

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