Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-02-01-Speech-4-031"

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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	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010201.3.4-031"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-02-01-Speech-4-0322
lpv:speaker	lp:Francesco Fiori2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (1999-09-30--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Commissioner, I speak to you not as a neutral referee but as a representative of the executive institution of the European Union. I am concerned, and this morning's speeches confirm this feeling of unease because the BSE problem, despite your explanations and the interventions you have mentioned – which are obviously a response to an economic crisis – represents a structural crisis to which we have yet to provide a response. BSE is a moral problem: over the decades agricultural policy has been constructed around agriculture, but now a veil of distrust is coming down over the sector that we, as institutions, cannot afford to allow. The agricultural sector is a sector comprised of working people, families who work the land and people who, occupied with everyday commitments, are paying a price which is not theirs to pay. It is absolutely essential that we rewrite the rules but we cannot ask working people to pay a price – which amounts to bankruptcy in many European countries – which is not theirs to pay. The response to an earthquake is not “We'll see what we can do”; the response to an earthquake is appropriate and, above all, immediate intervention. European agriculture is currently experiencing one of the most critical times in its history: our dealings with the agricultural sector are not without repercussion and ultimately not only farmers will be affected but Europe itself because, in the end, the farmers and people of Europe look to us, to Europe, to the institutions, as the entity that must meet their demands."@en1

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