Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-03-14-Speech-3-194"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Foot-and-mouth disease2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010314.7.3-194"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-03-14-Speech-3-1952
lpv:speaker	lp:Salvador Jové Peres2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Izquierda Unida (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are facing a problem which is very likely to become explosive. Although draconian measures have been adopted in the various Member States, we must recognise the risk that the disease will spread. We are facing an extremely virulent strain and the environmental conditions lead us to fear the worst. The problem of foot-and-mouth disease can be approached from three angles: the actions which must be taken immediately or in the short term, the establishment of responsibility and the prevention of these problems in the future. Allow me to make three observations. Firstly, in the short term, the economic effects of implementing a vaccination campaign would be just as bad as not implementing one and the consequences would be extremely hard to bear. Now, if we reject vaccination, we would have to respond in a tough manner to the measures adopted by Canada. The European Union cannot suffer in silence in the face of generalised and unjustified embargoes such as Canada’s or the deviousness of the United States’ behaviour towards us. Secondly, Commissioner, is there going to be compensation for farmers as a result of this horrendous crisis? Where will the money come from? According to my calculations, only EUR 50 million is available in compensation to livestock farmers, after the latest proposed budgetary review, for foot-and-mouth disease and also for BSE. A third and final observation. With regard to the prevention of this and other diseases we should consider the repercussions of the quest for competitiveness, resulting from a reduction in aid from the CAP. We should also consider the risks of Community livestock farming based on the transportation of live animals and high concentrations of animals. The crisis surrounding us should lead us to draw up a CAP aimed at serving the consumer and the producer rather than commerce. Therefore, we should direct aid so as to guarantee the viability of farms which present fewer environmental risks and risks to the consumer and which are necessary for maintaining the social fabric of rural life, rather than reducing aid or eliminating it altogether."@en1

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