Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-25-Speech-2-029"
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"As is well known, we are very critical of this reform of the sugar sector. We always uphold food sovereignty and we therefore think it is unacceptable that a country such as Portugal, with only one sugar factory in Coruche and one small factory in São Miguel, in the Azores, which scarcely managed to supply half the country’s consumption needs, should be confronted with the obligation to reduce its quota for sugar produced from sugar beet.
It is clear what the consequences will be: farmers and undertakings will abandon production, thus creating more unemployment and adversely affecting the development of rural areas. It is therefore essential – as thousands of small and medium-scale farmers asserted on the streets of Porto on 17 September whilst the Agriculture Council was meeting in Portugal – to change policy in order to take account of the specific situation in each Member State and their own production and consumption needs, securing farmers’ incomes and the development of rural areas. That is what we are once again proposing to the Commissioner."@en1
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