Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-25-Speech-2-031"
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"Mr President, Commissioner, Mrs Batzeli and Mr Deß, we all know that the proposed amendments to the regulation on the CMO in sugar aim to make participation in the Community sugar industry more attractive under the restructuring regime so as to achieve the target of reducing Community sugar production. Allow me to make three observations about this.
Firstly, the Commission’s approach is positive. This is particularly the case with its proposal to give even retroactively increased support to beneficiaries who have already complied with Regulation No 318/2006, allowing them to feel that they have not been unjustly treated despite contributing first to the restructuring of the sector;
Secondly, it has been made perfectly clear, I believe, that if the desired reduced level of production is not reached, future measures for a linear reduction will apply only to those Member States which have not made an effort to attain this target. On the other hand, the regulation will take into account the countries which have made significant reductions and whose industrial units still remaining have now reached critical levels. It is particularly important for countries such as mine to be certain that this position will not be forgotten when we discuss the future of the CMO in sugar for the post-2010 period;
Thirdly, I should like to raise the matter of bioethanol. Let us take this opportunity to examine seriously the possibility that perhaps in the end our enthusiasm for bioethanol will evaporate, and maybe many of the factories producing it will not be viable. What will the future hold for the workers in this industry, and what will happen to the farmers? Shall we once again have to cope with an army of unemployed?"@en1
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