Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-02-Speech-3-106"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-07-02"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20030702.2.3-106"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-02-Speech-3-1072
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2001-10-01--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, the rapporteurs on the GMO dossiers have tried to draft reports that are in line with each other and that make an agreement with the Council possible. I respect their work. I also assume that progress in these dossiers is required so that the actual moratorium on admitting new GMO applications can be lifted. I have voted along with my group for these two reasons. Nevertheless, I am all but convinced about the quality of some sections of these pieces of legislation. I fear that we will need to revise them in due course. Obviously, I would also like to increase consumer confidence in GM food. For this purpose, I think that, above all, a great deal of information is needed about the benefit of using the new techniques and about the safety of the foods in question. I hope that consumer organisations and universities will join in, because according to the 'euro-barometer', they have the greatest power of persuasion vis-à-vis the consumer. I too would like to give the consumer as much freedom of choice as possible, even when the keeping separate of varieties, traceability and labelling put up food prices. However, the information that the consumer obtains should be crystal-clear and flawless. Detectability should then also replace the paper criterion. Unfortunately, we in the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats lost that battle at first reading stage, and so I conclude that we are now treading a costly path – costs for the farmer, industry and therefore also for the consumer – without reaching the actual goal. The question is whether it would not have been preferable if we had provided for confidence-building measures, namely objective information on a massive scale. Luckily, we have a safety net: the evaluation that will take place a few years down the line will hopefully restore common sense."@en1

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