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"Mr President, the Commission’s proposals on total decoupling and modulation are devastating for many sectors and territories. For example, in Andalucia and other regions of Spain this total decoupling may be very harmful. And degressivity means a transfer of funds from Mediterranean agriculture to continental agriculture. In terms of social cohesion we could go from bad to worse.
Commissioner, the CAP has been producing scandalous agricultural incomes for a few people who are sometimes not even farmers. These socially pernicious effects should have been corrected in this reform. But no, far from it, these proposals intend to make these social imbalances permanent and furthermore, Mr President, they forget about the women farmers and agricultural workers, who contribute so much to European agriculture.
With regard to the least-favoured regions, Commissioner, in person you say to us, yes, yes, yes, but then your proposals say no, no, no. The least-favoured areas must be given special intention in view of the impact the total decoupling of aid will have on them.
And if this is not done through active policies for markets and the distribution of agricultural products, we will then have to face the horrendous damage which will be caused by passivity and the disappearance of crops.
With regard to modulation, I would suggest, Commissioner, that you consider what the regional competence may be in those Member States where agriculture falls within it.
Finally, I will refer to the how and the when of the reform. With regard to the ‘how’ in terms of the negotiations, Spain runs the risk of being isolated and of losing, as a result of the extreme blocking positions of its Minister for Agriculture, who should correct such serious negotiating errors.
With regard to the ‘when’, there has been a degree of hastiness and if we continue to work in such a hurry we will very soon have to carry out a reform of the reform."@en1
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