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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Support for rural development by the EAFRD – Voluntary modulation of direct payments under the CAP (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061113.20.1-178"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-13-Speech-1-1792
lpv:speaker	lp:James Nicholson2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I should like to begin by congratulating Mr Mulder and Mr Goepel on their reports. My first point is that this is an extremely bad proposal. We know how it originated in the Council meeting last December. I would say to the Commissioner that this is a proposal that will only be implemented in the United Kingdom. We all know that. Even the dogs in the street know that. It has been brought in to help Blair and his government try and resolve their problem. It will place United Kingdom farmers in an impossible position. Financially, they will be in a totally invidious position compared to other farmers in all parts of the other 24 EU Member States. In Northern Ireland it will erode the concept of the family farm, which is the backbone of our industry. I therefore totally reject this proposal, and will not stand by and allow anyone to hijack farmers’ single farm payments. This was something that was agreed. It was promised and it is depended upon. It is not the fault of our farmers that the UK Government has negotiated such a miserable deal on development of the second pillar in support of the rural economy. I must say to the Commission, the Council and the UK Government that they should not blame us if now they do not have sufficient funds to support some of their proposals for the rural and environmental development of the countryside. I can take no blame for this. It is totally the responsibility of the negotiators. I must also tell the truth, which is that the so-called negotiators have achieved the worst possible deal, and that they now want to hijack a maximum of 20% or perhaps even 25% of farmers' single farm payments. Such a proposal must not be agreed to, either now or in the future. It will turn farmers and other members of rural society against each other. It is unworkable and will spell the beginning of the renationalisation of the common agricultural policy as we have known it. It must not be accepted. This dossier will have to be referred back to committee, and I will call on the Commission not to fall into what is a skilful trap that would set farmers and other rural dwellers at each others’ throats. We have a duty to reject this legislation. We must never agree to this covert means of undermining UK farmers and placing them in a position so subservient to the rest of the European Union."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2004-10-21--2007-03-13)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2005-10-24--2007-03-13)3,3 substitute; PECH (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3 quaestor; European Parliament (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-10-13--2007-03-13)3,3 unknown; Ulster Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Quaestors (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3,3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3,3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; AGRI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"James Nicholson (PPE-DE ). –"1

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