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"We have generally voted against the Committee’s proposal to increase the agricultural expenditure in category 1. We think it unreasonable that approximately half the EU’s total annual budget should go on subsidising the production and export of agricultural products. Today’s common agricultural policy is not only expensive for the EU, it also contributes to higher consumer prices. The agricultural sector is, moreover, well protected from competition from foreign imports. This has a very distorting and destabilising effect on the world economy.
The EU’s common agricultural policy constitutes, above all, a problem for the developing countries, for agriculture is an area in which the developing countries are competitive in relation to the industrialised world’s producers. The EU’s common agricultural policy presents major obstacles for the developing countries, partly due to the fact that the agriculture concerned is subsidised and protected against competition in the form of imports. The fact that the EU also subsidises tobacco cultivation is particularly anomalous. Subsidies for tobacco cultivation should be abolished as soon as possible. The EU’s activity and budget should instead be directed at cross-border problems which the Member States themselves cannot solve. The common agricultural policy shows a lack of solidarity with the developing countries and must be reformed immediately."@en1
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