Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-26-Speech-3-142"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sustainable use of pesticides2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030326.8.3-142"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-26-Speech-3-1432
lpv:speaker	lp:Albert Jan Maat2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; AGRI (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I will not repeat those things, which I support, already mentioned by my many colleagues in the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats – Mrs Redondo, Mr Perez, Mrs Klass and Mrs Müller – but I would just like to mention a couple of elements. Mrs Van Brempt wants a general 50% reduction. That means that those who have already done well and have therefore cut their usage by a great deal more must reduce it again by another 50%. That means that the good are penalised, and that cannot be right. So a general 50% reduction is not right. Secondly, she talks about a distance of three metres from waterways. You must realise what that means, but in general, wherever there are a lot of things growing, you tend to find water. That means that particularly in areas where the natural conditions are good, efficient producers will ultimately be penalised. That cannot be right; it does not work that way. The third point is that I am amazed that discussions about GMOs and crop protection are being mixed up here. I think that these discussions should be kept separate. I myself am very wary when it comes to GMOs, I acknowledge that, but I think that they have no place in this discussion. My fourth point is that the entire crop protection policy should be aimed at encouraging proper targets and not purely at punishment. I cannot see any sign of that in the report, and I would like to wholeheartedly advise everyone in Parliament to vote in favour of the PPE-DE amendments, as that means that we will get our feet back on the ground a little and at the same time work together to try and do things even better in the future."@en1

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