Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-02-01-Speech-4-024"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-02-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Progress of EU and Member State measures to combat BSE2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010201.3.4-024"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-02-01-Speech-4-0252
lpv:speaker	lp:Françoise Grossetête2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2001-01-17--2001-11-29)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (1999-09-30--2002-03-07)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Démocratie libérale (1999-07-20--2002-11-17)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, here we are gathered once again to talk about BSE. May I remind you that, only a few months ago in the Chamber in Strasbourg, I denounced the excessive cautiousness of the decisions proposed by the Commission. So we have good reason to be surprised today at this furore, at this outbreak of panic in some countries which long believed that they would escape this scourge but which have nevertheless had time to observe the measures being taken in neighbouring countries. We must not let ourselves be engulfed in this wave of panic, because we bear political responsibility. Today the Commission is proposing a number of measures and, when I listen to my fellow Members, it strikes me how important it is that these measures should be harmonised. As I said, we bear political responsibility. That is why, as I have been doing for years, we must expose the shortcomings of the common agricultural policy, which has tended to favour large-scale farmers while overlooking the real world of the small farmers who are the lifeblood of our countryside. We shall need a great deal of courage if we are to establish a sustainable form of agriculture in which the healthiness and safety of farm produce and of the rural environment are the paramount considerations. We shall need not only courage but also determination to explain the new measures for the redistribution of agricultural premiums and, above all, to stand up to the Council in order to ensure that the reform process goes beyond declarations of intent. We are living through a veritable Europe-wide tragedy. We must grasp this opportunity to redefine a European agricultural policy, without playing to the galleries in the manner of José Bové, but by developing a policy that fulfils the expectations of consumers and our farmers, to whom we are bound by a strong sense of solidarity. There is no point in taking authoritarian, technocratic or restrictive decisions on the future of cattle farming. The establishment of extensive farming practices will automatically regulate production. Higher quality but smaller quantities, more stringent controls and the implementation of emergency measures are the order of the day. Let us demonstrate the resolve to take these steps without delay in the general interests of the people of Europe. This is what they rightly expect of us."@en1

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