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) Mr President, Commissioner Fischler, ladies and gentlemen, there are not many of us, just the little Mediterranean family, trying to defend the crops that Brussels does not like. We have had the honey problem – Mr Fischler, you refused a few handfuls of euros for hive subsidies – the olive oil problem, and now it is the turn of walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts.
Brussels does not want to be involved. We are told: there was the 1989 regulation, but it was provisional. The fixed aid for hazelnuts in 1996 was temporary. These measures have run their course and must come to an end. But to put an end to Community funding is to spoil what has been achieved. In the name of the principle of continuity, coherence and protecting the financial interests of the European Union, the aid that has already been committed must not be ended, especially since another aberration may be added to this one, the fact that we are in deficit. We are importing. And if that is making profits for Turkey, then fair enough, but making profits for California! You tell us that it is expensive, but you are not telling the whole truth. It costs EUR 250 million, but that is for years to come. You are avoiding giving the annual figure, which would represent 0.0 something percent, a tiny fraction of the European budget.
In other words, Commissioner, action must be taken, first in the name of quality, in the name of seasonal employment, but also in the name of common sense, rurality, the environment, beauty. I do not know whether you have seen an almond tree in February, well it is truly a thing of beauty! And as we have told you, we are dealing with regions in Spain, in my native Languedoc-Roussillon, in Greece, where the land is arid. We must prevent a rural exodus. As a minimum, since extending the COM for fruit and vegetables is not a solution, we must set aside a few euros from the European budget to finance this activity.
But on top of that, Commissioner – you and I were both in Seattle – there is the problem of Community preference. Our honey over Chinese, Canadian or Mexican honey. Our olives instead of North African olives and our Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Languedoc-Roussillon and French Mediterranean before Anatolia and California, Commissioner. Not for a fistful of dollars, but for a fistful of euros."@en1
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