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"Mr President, I am speaking on behalf of Mr Daul. As a wine-grower myself, I may not necessarily agree with everything he has written, but often in politics we say things we do not always mean. His speech is written in French, but fortunately we have good interpreters here.
Mr President, the wine sector in the European Union is a very important source of jobs and income, which are concentrated in small- and medium-sized family-run vineyards that therefore play a vital role in the development of rural areas.
In the European wine sector, we are witnessing a crisis affecting several European regions, as a result of the gradual dropping off of demand. The task of the European authorities, in terms of wine policy, should be based on the need to improve and promote the agricultural quality of traditional production, and on the need to protect that production against the increasing competition from third countries.
All too often, poor labelling policy is the main cause of the loss of market share for traditional producers. In order to prevent unfair competition in the wine market, with its disastrous consequences for our producers, it is vital for us to protect consumers by means of labelling regulations based on transparent information regarding the characteristics of the products, the techniques used, the original features and the methods of maturing the wine.
The average consumer, in other words the man in the street, sees wine production as a process of maturation in oak barrels, which is why we need to prevent the risk of confusion and deception for the consumer with regard to the quality of the wine and how it was matured. To this end, we need to ensure that consumers are provided with the appropriate information to give them freedom of choice. It is therefore vital for it to be compulsory to state on the label that oak chippings have been used in the process of maturing the wine.
Perhaps it is now time to drink a glass of red wine, preferably a Saint-Émilion."@en1
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