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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-05-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Common organisation of the market in cereals (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070523.28.3-433"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-05-23-Speech-3-4342
lpv:speaker	lp:James Nicholson2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I would like first of all to congratulate the rapporteur on his report and express the view that I hold quite strongly that I can see his difficulty, given the Member State he comes from. I believe that if there is to be a change in policy it has to be phased in over a period, regardless of what policy it is, to allow for production to adapt to change. When I became a Member of this Parliament – a number of years ago now – we had butter mountains, we had milk lakes, we had cold stores bursting at the seams with beef. And now to a large extent all this is behind us. We have come through many reforms of the common agricultural policy that have taken place over the years, from MacSharry to Agenda 2000 to the Mid-Term Review, and now – the Commissioner is not with us tonight and I know why – we await the proposals for the health check. We are living in a world of changing markets and it can be very difficult to speculate upon what future prices may be at any particular time. You only have to look at the present world prices for milk to see the change that can occur in a very short period of time. Intervention can be nothing but a short-term solution for farmers because in the long term they will achieve better returns from the market. I believe the new Member States must look in the long term to other solutions for maize, rather than simply for food. There is an alternative use where it can be put to even greater good for everyone. I believe the new Member States should investigate the alternatives and we should support them in this. In the long term they will be more rewarding than continuing in intervention. There must be some degree of compromise in this particular area between the Commission, the Council and Parliament. I believe that the four compromise amendments recognising the problem of the new Member States represent the best way to move forward."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2008-02-17)3 member; REGI (2007-02-12--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Quaestors (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Ulster Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 member; PECH (2007-01-31--2008-02-17)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"James Nicholson,"1 "on behalf of the PPE-DE Group"1

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