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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Question Time (Commission)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031021.6.2-209"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-21-Speech-2-2102
lpv:speaker	lp:Patricia McKENNA2
lpv:spoken text	"I believe the Commissioner is wrong about force-feeding itself not causing unnecessary suffering or injury and not being in breach of the directive on farm animals, as Mrs Lucas mentioned. If you stick a funnel down a goose's throat and force-feed it with maize, there is no way that you are not causing suffering or injury. It is ludicrous to suggest that it is not causing injury. Secondly, the Israeli supreme court has actually ruled that force-feeding is illegal – and that in a country where they had quite a large production of through force-feeding. Other countries too have ruled that it is illegal. The European Union should do the same. You are denying the reality of the situation if you say that force-feeding does not cause unnecessary suffering or injury. Looking at the directive, as Mrs Lucas has said, the only thing we can do is impose a ban on this type of feeding of animals."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Green Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"McKenna (Verts/ALE )."1 "foie gras"1

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