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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Foot and mouth disease: lessons to be learned and proposals for the future2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021217.1.2-027"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-12-17-Speech-2-0282
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexander de Roo2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, foot and mouth disease is a highly infectious disease for our livestock, but completely harmless to humans. I come from the Netherlands where our cattle were prophylactically vaccinated for over 60 years. The United Kingdom, Denmark and Ireland do not have this tradition. After their entry into the European Union they lobbied for 20 years for the abolition of prophylactic vaccination in Europe. Unfortunately they were successful. Export interests were placed above all else. In both Great Britain and the Netherlands, we have seen the dreadful consequences for animals, farmers, part-time farmers, the tourist sector, in short the whole of society. The proposal of the temporary committee is to make emergency vaccination easier. That is a good idea. There is also a proposal to force supermarkets to sell vaccinated meat in future. The latter smacks of a planned economy and will not work. The Netherlands produces far more meat than the Dutch themselves can consume. What is necessary is a return to prophylactic vaccination. At least for those countries, like the Netherlands, that wish to do so. New techniques, such as marker vaccines make it possible to distinguish between a sick animal and one that has been vaccinated. That means that even the sacred exports can be maintained. It is a mystery to me why the majority in Parliament does not opt for this approach. For me this report is only half a step in the right direction. Nevertheless, half steps in the right direction are better than no steps at all, and I shall vote in favour of the report. But I am bound to say that I find it a great pity that our agricultural colleagues in particular have made the interests of direct exports paramount."@en1

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