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"Mr President, I compliment Mr Olsson on his work and may I commence by again putting on the record my support, and that of my Irish colleagues, for EU enlargement. For the candidate countries of central and eastern Europe, the academic debate should be well and truly over. We must now proceed in a planned way with their integration. I compliment the candidate countries on their efforts to conform to the stringent requirements for entry. For some of them it has been, and continues to be, difficult.
From an agricultural perspective, Mr Olsson has addressed the challenge of enlargement in a reasoned and practical way. For me, integration depends on our success in fusing the agricultural economies of candidate countries with existing Member States in a manner that causes least disruption to both and in time provides for their full participation in the common agricultural policy. Anything short of that would undermine the principles of CAP that, by and large, have served European farmers and consumers well.
As we face a mid-term review of the Berlin agreement and the inevitable long term CAP reform, we must not allow the review to deviate from what was agreed in Berlin or to contemplate a move towards re-nationalisation of CAP in future reform. Farming in Europe as evidenced by yesterday's 15,000 farmer demonstration continues to be difficult. With the benefit of hindsight we have not in the context of world trade provided the degree of protection necessary for our farmers from the obvious unfair competition and market manipulation by our competitors.
With the completion of enlargement, Europe has the potential to be a dominant player in world trade. We will only succeed, however, if we are committed in the short term to supporting the European model based on family farming. I alert the House, not for the first time, to the serious threat to the survival of that model because of long-term uncertainty and the availability of alternative, attractive and more financially rewarding employment for young people who would in normal circumstances take up farming as a career."@en1
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