Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-05-16-Speech-2-109"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-05-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000516.5.2-109"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-05-16-Speech-2-1102
lpv:speaker	lp:Christian Rovsing2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Japan (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 unknown; Det Konservative Folkeparti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Agricultural aid is a heavy burden for the European Union. It is indispensable to undertake a radical review of this aid, especially when enlargement to include the Eastern European countries is to become a reality. I am very pleased that the first step to be taken towards such a review entails a long-term plan for a certain reduction in agricultural aid. It is problematic, however, that there is not the courage to engage in a full and candid discussion of how our agricultural sector is, in the longer term, to cope under quite different conditions and with a quite different aid scheme than that which is in place at present. We are forced to reduce aid to the absolute minimum, and we should have the discussion now. On the other hand, the reduction in agricultural aid should be gradual and carried out at such a pace that there is no risk of EU aid being replaced by national schemes designed to compensate for its disappearance. It would also be problematic if the Commission were to withdraw aid from agriculture with a view to using the resources for another purpose. Aid should not be reduced for the wrong reasons."@en1

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