Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-30-Speech-4-027"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:World hunger and the elimination of barriers to trade with the poorest countries2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030130.1.4-027"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-30-Speech-4-0282
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexander de Roo2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, there is enough food in the world to feed everyone. Naturally, it would help if crop yields were higher – but this is not, I repeat, not the essence of the hunger problem. Free and in particular fair trade also helps, but that is not the essence either. The essence is the distribution problem. There is no hunger in countries with a parliamentary democracy, even if they are poor countries. The political rulers know that they can be voted out. With political dictatorships it is different. Take Zimbabwe, for example. The link between democracy and the absence of hunger was established by no less a person than Amartya Sen, the winner of the Nobel Prize for economics, from India. The best solution is the promotion of democracy throughout the world. This aspect is too often lacking in the European strategy. Finally, if we were to do away with 5% of the world’s military spending, we would have enough money to achieve the United Nations’ millennium goals."@en1

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