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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-10-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051027.12.4-089"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-27-Speech-4-0902
lpv:speaker	lp:Ana Gomes2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; SEDE (2004-09-01--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". I voted in favour of the scrapping of tobacco production subsidies. I feel that tobacco production, a key component in the tobacco industry, should no longer be subsidised. The harmful impact of tobacco use on public health (over 500 000 deaths per year due to illnesses linked to tobacco use), and in turn on the economies of the Member States and the EU, leads me to conclude that the EUR 100 000-plus spent on subsidies to these producers under the CAP is morally, politically and economically indefensible. To my mind, tobacco production and the tobacco industry should not only lose our support but should gradually, but quickly, be eliminated. Parliament must exert pressure on the Member States and the Commission to effect such a change, through the EU budget that it adopts. Naturally, I am sensitive to the problem of the 3 500 jobs that depend on tobacco production in Portugal. I therefore believe that efforts to convert this industry must be redoubled, in order to guarantee jobs and the economic survival of producers in Portugal and all of the European tobacco-producing countries. In this regard, I support all of the financial backing that can be given to them, on the part of Community or national institutions. To persevere with the policy of European subsidies, however, represents ..."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Explanation of vote abbreviated in accordance with Rule 163 of the Rules of Procedure)"1

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