Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-10-23-Speech-2-361"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The rise in foodstuff prices, consumer protection (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071023.26.2-361"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-10-23-Speech-2-3622
lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Neris2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2007-07-11--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-07-10--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2007-07-04--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2007-07-10--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2007-07-04--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to congratulate the authors of this resolution and give them my support. The soaring price of cereals and therefore of foodstuffs generally reflects Europe’s current dependence on the volatility of world agricultural markets. Accepting this situation would mean accepting that consumers are becoming a variable for adjustment during the correction phases of these markets. Accepting this situation also means denying the influence of the large supermarkets, which for 40 years have contributed to the downward trend in prices for farmers, while food prices for consumers have stayed the same or have increased. This excessive margin capture could have, and should have, been used by the large supermarkets to absorb the rising cost of agricultural raw materials in the crisis we are currently experiencing. Clearly this is not happening. The large supermarkets are continuing to abuse their dominant position and the Commission must now discuss this question as a matter of urgency so as to prevent European consumers from being held hostage to an unfair and dangerous system."@en1

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