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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there are two reasons why it is important to preserve the traditional definition of vodka: the historically significant regional aspect and the consumer aspect.
In the Nordic countries and in many of the EU’s new Member States, we have a long, Slavic-inspired history and tradition of vodka production, in which alcohol is manufactured from potatoes and grain.
Champagne and cognac are strictly defined. It must be possible for the same rule to apply to vodka – the spirit produced from grain or potatoes.
If no one knows what vodka is, we cannot make informed choices. Consumers are entitled to expect vodka to be based on certain ingredients, just as we all expect wine to be produced from grapes, and gin from juniper berries. If we agree that any old alcohol produced from, for example, bananas or grapes may be called vodka, the consumer knows that …"@en1
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