Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-06-06-Speech-3-261"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-06-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Specific rules as regards the fruit and vegetable sector (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070606.23.3-261"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-06-06-Speech-3-2622
lpv:speaker	lp:Janusz Wojciechowski2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; AGRI (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-04-25--2009-07-13)3 member; UEN (2005-12-13--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, this reform is justified but it is unfair. The principles laid down five years ago at Copenhagen are unfair to the new Member States. It was established that farmers in the new countries would receive several times less aid than those in the old Union. We agreed to this hoping that we would come to receive equal treatment in due course. Subsequent reforms of the common agricultural policy have perpetuated the division into more and less favoured countries, however. The reform of the fruit and vegetable market is one example of this. The old Union was receiving hundreds of millions of euro and will continue to do so. The new Union receives token sums. Allow me to pose the following questions: where is the actual aid for soft fruit producers in the new Member States to be found? Why has the Commission not responded to the European Parliament resolution of October 2006? Much has been said about supporting the European Constitution and the danger that failure to do so will lead to the emergence of a two-speed Europe. In fact, as far as agriculture is concerned we already have a two-class Europe, namely the more favoured old Union that retains the status it created for itself in the past and the less favoured new Union that cannot expect equal treatment. We tabled an amendment that would include cherries and apples for processing in the reform of soft fruit production, accompanied by a EUR 148 million increase in the national envelopes. I call on the House to support this amendment. At the level of the Union as a whole, it does not represent much money. It is a matter of principle, however, not of money. There must be an end to this division into better and worse Member States. We respect the Accession Treaties, but new principles must be introduced, transcending the division into 15 more favoured Member States and 12 less favoured ones. All 27 Member States must enjoy the same rights. The Union for Europe of the Nations Group, bringing together members from both old and new Member States, is resolute in its demand for this. We call for a reform that is not only justified but also fair."@en1

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