Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-19-Speech-2-127"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-11-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Progress report on enlargement2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021119.2.2-127"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-19-Speech-2-1282
lpv:speaker	lp:Johan Van Hecke2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2001-10-01--2003-01-26)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-11-11--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2003-01-12)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) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (2002-09-18--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the main question that came to the fore during today's debate was to what extent the candidate countries are ready for accession. We regret that the question as to whether the European Union is ready for it has not been addressed, or, if at all, only in passing. In the euphoria of the moment, we should not be blind to the various problem areas. I think that the main problem remains the funding of enlargement and, inherently linked to this, the reform of agricultural policy. I still regret that the necessary reform has been postponed to 2007. I also regret that it will be only in 2013 that farmers in the new Member States will receive the same treatment as do those in the present European Union. Current European agricultural policy, linking subsidy to production, is indefensible and unacceptable. It creates surpluses, keeps food prices high, damages the environment and is also detrimental to farmers in the developing world. I think that we as Parliament should therefore continue to support Commissioner Fischler in his endeavours to achieve swift and thorough reforms in agricultural policy, with the subsidies being redirected to rural development and to the new Member States. We must avoid a two-speed Europe at all costs, with one speed for the rich countries of the current EU, which cling onto their privileges like grim death, and another for the poor countries among the new Member States which have the same duties but not, unfortunately, the same rights."@en1

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