Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-02-10-Speech-1-114"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-02-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:WTO agricultural trade negotiations2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030210.9.1-114"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-02-10-Speech-1-1152
lpv:speaker	lp:María Rodríguez Ramos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-03-31)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-03-31)3 vice-chair; AGRI (2002-01-22--2004-03-31)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-03-31)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-03-31)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2002-02-07--2004-03-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, we support and we consider very positive the Commission’s efforts to integrate the developing countries and the least developed countries into these negotiations, access without customs duties or quotas for those countries and the creation of a food security box, but we also believe that in some proposals we could have gone further, such as in the proposal relating to the reduction in export refunds, on which I trust we can make progress during the negotiations. I would also like to say that the commitment to greater openness must be accompanied by a fair distribution of responsibilities amongst the developed countries. In this regard, we must condemn the unilateral nature of the United States’ agricultural policy. Commissioner, I am concerned, however, that the model of agricultural multifunctionality may be jeopardised. I must tell you that in the proposal for negotiation multifunctional considerations are mentioned just once when the Commission refers to access to the market for the poorest countries. With regard to Community agriculture, it is true that we are now referring to social objectives such as the protection of the environment, public health, obligatory labelling or the need to compensate for the additional costs of animal welfare. But European agricultural multifunctionality no longer plays an important role in this offer for negotiation and the main focus has passed to the decoupling of aid, the principle which the Commission is going to concentrate the negotiation on, in the internal support chapter. Commissioner, I believe that, if we allow our entire negotiating strategy to rest on the principle of decoupling, we may find ourselves without any room for manoeuvre in terms of guaranteeing elements which are essential to European agriculture, such as the stability of markets, with the maintenance of stable and economically viable prices which allow producers to earn an income."@en1

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