Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-24-Speech-2-224"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:General debate on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 20032
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020924.10.2-224"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-24-Speech-2-2252
lpv:speaker	lp:Robert Goodwill2
lpv:spoken text	". – Mr President, I am pleased to see Commissioner Fischler here, but some of the comments I have to make will also refer to Commissioner Byrne's portfolio. I was astounded to read a letter in the yesterday, from Hervé Gaymond, the French Agriculture Minister, and six other agriculture ministers. It was entitled ‘The CAP is something to be proud of’. I was one of 400 000 countryside marchers in London on Sunday who would not agree. Subsidies have not delivered prosperity and security for British farmers; in fact, often subsidies and quotas are being capitalised into the high cost base of our industry. The letter reminded me of a drug addict in denial, addicted to subsidies. Rather than trying to kick the habit, they want to offer pills to the Eastern European countries waiting outside the school gates to get them hooked too. The CAP needs reform before enlargement, in particular, we should stop the hypocrisy of subsidising tobacco to the tune of over EUR 1 billion per year. The Environment Committee has also asked for 50% of the budget for the European Food Safety Authority to be put into the reserve. I hope this will be recognised by the Council as a clear signal that they should end the uncertainty about its location, which is making it so difficult for this embryonic institution to recruit staff and develop as an effective agency."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Financial Times"1 "Goodwill (PPE-DE ),"1 "draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy"1

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