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"Mr President, as you all know, I was the original rapporteur for this report. The document was totally destroyed in the Committee on Fisheries and I felt compelled to give up the task of drafting the report, which was given to the Committee’s Chairman, Struan Stevenson. I know I am in a minority, but I must say that the main reason for my attitude is that the report we have just adopted ignores the main issue. By this I mean that the reform of the common fisheries policy in 2002 is purely and simply a result of the fact that the transitional period of 16 years granted to the Spanish State and to Portugal, so that they need no longer be intruders in Community waters and have the same rights as the other Member States, has come to an end.
I cannot, of course, accept this situation. I am also, of course, in favour of the conservation of stocks – I have nothing against this, in fact – but the report and the committee have not given due consideration to the economic and social consequences of the reform. Nor do they discuss a budget for a reform of such importance, but uphold the principle of relative stability, which is now discriminatory and grants privileges, because it was established when the EU had only six or nine Members. Furthermore, the report heaps scorn on international fisheries. I therefore dare say that there will soon need to be a new real reform of the CFP, to ensure that it is a genuinely common policy. It is now less of a common policy than it used to be!"@en1
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