Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-25-Speech-2-456"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Set aside for year 2008 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070925.36.2-456"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-09-25-Speech-2-4572
lpv:speaker	lp:Esther Herranz García2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2008-04-20)3 member; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, to start with, I welcome the European Parliament’s decision to adopt, by urgent procedure, the immediate abolition of mandatory set-aside. I think that European consumers and farmers are the main victims of the massive increase in the price of agricultural raw materials. I think that the current situation should lead us to undertake an in-depth discussion on the shift that is currently occurring in the common agricultural policy, and we should ensure that the decisions adopted in this area are in harmony with the global context, in which the demands of third countries are growing at a staggering rate, in particular due to the growth in consumption of countries such as India and China, which play a decisive role in the global economy. If this deficit situation continues, I think that the European Union should think about creating new mechanisms to avoid unsustainable increases in food prices. For years we have been hearing that the common agricultural policy involves excessive costs for European taxpayers, but I would now like governments to explain to citizens why they will now have to pay more for bread and milk. I would also like governments to explain the measures that they are prepared to adopt in order to guarantee a fair price to consumers and prevent an excessive burden being placed on producers, which would endanger the profitability of many farms. The world needs more and more food, and the exponential growth in consumption will not be resolved by an agricultural policy that is increasingly mean and stingy towards European producers. I think that European leaders should think twice before putting producers between a rock and a hard place. I think that the European Union should use the health check on the common agricultural policy to introduce mechanisms that avoid serious deficit situations in the future, if we do not want other global producers to monopolise the international markets."@en1

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