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"Madam President, Commissioner, we are on the point of approving the report on the Commission communication on the common organisation of the market in wine together with a series of amendments.
Clearly there are different opinions on various issues in the communication, such as, for example, wine enrichment. For us – for me – wine produced by adding sugar and water does not qualify as wine. Wine is a grape product, not a sugar beet product.
I know that the addition of sugar will be decided. If the addition of sugar is decided, then it must be stated on the label. We must be honest and protect both consumers and producers.
What is the basic message we want to give the Commission:
firstly, no to uncontrolled grubbing up which can wipe out valuable production areas producing valuable quality wines;
secondly, certain intervention measures – and I refer here to distillation – designed to balance the market and indirectly support producers' incomes should be maintained;
thirdly, national envelopes should be created containing various actions from which the Member States can choose. However, in order for these envelopes to be effective, they must have adequate funding;
fourthly, we will of course need to avoid transferring resources from the first to the second pillar as this would, in essence, weaken the COM.
We need to turn our attention to drastic solutions, of which I would mention two:
firstly, above all we must seek to maintain high quality Community wine production. This we can rely on;
secondly and more seriously, we need to aim for more intensive promotion of Community wines. Market shares do not increase by wishful thinking. Only an aggressive policy can achieve an increase in consumption inside and outside the European Union."@en1
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