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"Madam President, the reform of the sugar market that we are considering today is a pseudo-reform that is dangerous, unjust, dishonest and antisocial. It is dangerous because it will result in the EU becoming dependent on sugar supplies from the rest of the world, which will be to the detriment of our continent’s food security. It is unjust because the subsidised exports of B sugar that cause so many problems were primarily the brainchild of France and Germany, yet it is the EU as a whole that pays the price, and the new Member States that suffer the most. Instead of eliminating export surpluses, the proposal strikes at the heart of sugar production throughout Europe. Only a few years ago, the large sugar companies in Poland paid a very low price for factories that had been privatised. These same companies will now receive several times more money for closing the factories down. This is merely one example of why the reform is dishonest. Finally, the reform is antisocial because it ignores the plight of thousands of farmers and sugar factory workers who will lose their livelihoods, and who will find it hard to find new jobs. This pseudo-reform is worthy of the title like the gangster film. The large sugar companies will make hundreds of millions of euros by relocating their businesses outside the European Union. We should reject this pseudo-reform for Europe’s sake."@en1
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"Take the Money and Run"1

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