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"en.20050926.12.1-044"2
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"Mr President, Poland is into its second year of membership of the European Union, but the outlook for Polish farmers is getting steadily worse, not better.
Polish soft fruit growers account for 50% of production in Europe, yet they are on the verge of bankruptcy. The same is true of Polish potato growers, who are the main producers of this crop in the Union, and of producers of cereals and textile plants. It will not be long before producers of pork, milk and sugar beet find themselves in the same situation, and I would remind you that Poland is the third most important producer of sugar beet in Europe. Members of this House do understand the situation, but the same is not true of the European Commission, which tends to ignore Parliament and disregard the decisions it takes. This was what happened in the case of the report on starch production, for example.
The planned reform of the market in sugar will mean a reduction of more than 42% in the price of sugar beet, which will make it uneconomic to produce. It would appear that the European Commission is more concerned about Chinese and Moroccan soft fruit growers and about Brazilian sugar producers than about farmers and producers in the new Member States. The question arises as to why the European Commission and the Commissioner himself are pursuing a policy that is detrimental to farmers in the Member States, and why decisions taken by the European Parliament are being disregarded."@en1
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