Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-16-Speech-3-239"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Question Time (Council)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010516.10.3-239"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-16-Speech-3-2402
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"I understand the caution with which the Council must answer, given the fact that there is so little unanimity among the countries of the European Union, but it remains disgraceful. In effect we are subsidising the sugar industry – last year to the tune of over EUR 800 million – as if there were not enough sugar in the world and as if we were eager for these subsidies to help our farmers survive. I really think that the policy we are pursuing with regard to the developing countries is and continues to be hypocritical. A splendid initiative like “Everything but Arms” is actually tainted by the fact that we maintain our hypocritical attitude and prefer to continue doing what suits us, by supporting the sugar producers, who traditionally belong to the castes of our nineteenth-century industrialists. I note that we have once again made an exception. I hope that the Council will continue to exert pressure for unanimity for reforms."@en1

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