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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, these are difficult times for Europe and the economic crisis has not gone away. The EU must now focus on how to manage and distribute its budget accordingly. In order to pursue a sound, sensitive and sustainable strategy, we need to have tools at our disposal allowing us to take appropriate action, in line with what I believe were the wishes of all of us.
This proposal for a regulation establishes a framework of measures for the purposes of implementing the common fisheries policy, complementing the proposal for a Council regulation on the European Fisheries Fund (EFF), which we debated in the Chamber some months ago. As I said of the EFF at the time, it is crucial that the funds earmarked for these regulations be consistent with the actual needs of an integrated fisheries sector within an enlarged Europe facing fresh challenges.
Although I welcome the Commission’s efforts to make the financial agreements under the common fisheries policy (CFP) clearer and more coherent, I must express my displeasure at the mismatch between the professed objectives and the funds set aside. Given that objectives following the EU’s enlargement need to be more ambitious and farther-reaching, I feel that it is inappropriate to impose a 6.3% cut on this financial instrument.
I wish to highlight the fact that 60% of the budget of EUR 2 625 million, spread across four main operational objectives, has been set aside for international fisheries agreements. The strand relating to partnership agreements on fisheries is vitally important on account of its prominence in the budget. This report maintains the consistency between the conclusions of the recent Fisheries and Agriculture Councils regarding the new CFP and the EU’s international relations, and this strikes me as being of paramount importance.
Lastly, the setting up and maintaining of regional advisory councils (RACs) are key to the new CFP. It is therefore vital to ensure not only that funding is available to cover the start-up costs of the RACs, but also that the councils remain viable. To this end, the Commission must clarify more clearly to what extent all areas relating to the RACs are to be funded."@en1
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