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". Mr President, Mr President of the Commission, I should first like to congratulate the rapporteur on his excellent work, but I also wish to say, if I may, that I am very concerned that we have had access to a negotiating fund – offered to us, indeed, by the Luxembourg Presidency – which reduced Parliament’s proposal by around EUR 100 000 million. This is a drastic reduction that might scupper completely the very basis of defending natural sea resources. We must not lose sight of the fact that in this area of the sea we now have to finance external fisheries agreements and to comply with the OSPAR Convention, to which the EU is a signatory, which designates new areas of protection in the ocean. There are new proposals to set up satellite mechanisms to monitor fisheries, and these are extremely costly; there are proposals to convert large sections of the fisheries sector; and there is also the enlargement. With all of this to contend with, this proposal strikes the Committee on Fisheries as a meagre one that falls well short of meeting what we see as genuine needs. We also note that there is a great danger that the Council will decide to cut this proposal altogether. This is something that worries us greatly and I should like to implore the Council to take our genuine needs on board. I should also like to urge you, Mr Barroso, to maintain the position that you have held thus far of doggedly defending your Commission proposal, because this is what will defend Europe, defend our interests and defend the sea ..."@en1
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