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"Madam President, I would like to go into the financial implications of the matter, partly in my capacity as rapporteur for the agricultural budget. We have talked enough about the procedural aspect and the ins and outs of the whole BSE issue. A trialogue on Budget 2001 is due to start tomorrow. Yesterday, the coordinators of the various parties in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development lent their support to the proposal to earmark EUR 600 million of the EUR 1.3 billion still available in the agricultural budget for the fight against BSE. I understand that it would cost upwards of EUR 150 million to test all slaughtered cows older than two years in the European Union. Well then, Council and Commission, you have a fair amount of financial leeway on which to base your robust policy. Let there be no more discussion of this 600 million in the negotiations between Parliament, the Council and the Commission. The scope is there in the budget, you have Parliament’s backing on this, and now that everything is in place, it is up to you to see that the funds needed for a robust BSE policy actually hit the mark.
My second remark concerns the procedures. It is noticeable that there is still no official mention of BSE on the official agenda of the Council of Agriculture Ministers due to take place this coming Monday and Tuesday. I ask myself how this is possible when last week, on Wednesday 8 November, the European cattle farmers in the COPA association came together for emergency consultations and proposed robust measures? How can consumer organisations really make their voices heard? We are obviously giving the impression in this public debate that we move at snail’s pace when it comes to the implementation of policy by the Council and the Commission, which is totally unacceptable. I urge you to pursue a robust policy, or a different one at any rate.
A number of points have been made about the implementation of legislation. I would remind you though, that no human being can go without food, not for a single day. On no account should we fail to give this priority its due from the political perspective. Should it already be a problem with regard to inadequate levels of protein and other products, then I can assure you that European agriculture has sufficient potential to absorb this, also with regard to cattle feed."@en1
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