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We understand the importance of protecting soil, firstly for agriculture, which will need to produce more food and will require more water. Protection of soil is therefore essential to safeguard food production and to guarantee sufficient clean water for future generations, since the earth has a social function that no private interest should threaten.
Soil is a platform for human activities, including cities and infrastructure, but also for nature and landscapes. Its protection is therefore crucial to the preservation of our cultural heritage and natural resources.
The proposal tabled by the European Commission, however, is not the most appropriate because of its partial vision, the conditions it imposes and its scant regard for agriculture.
The European Parliament has amended it significantly, with proposals in support of the principle of subsidiarity, recognising the importance of agriculture and stating that ‘each Member State, in accordance with its climate, soil characteristics (...) may decide upon its own agricultural policy in relation to the soil’, and recognising the different approaches towards soil protection.
It nevertheless retains aspects on which we have reservations. Hence our final vote to abstain."@en1
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