Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-03-11-Speech-2-238"
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"I shall skip the words of thanks and move on to saying that I welcome the proposal to increase the quota by 2%. Personally, I would have preferred 3%, as the European Commission itself admits that 2% amounts to a mere 1% in practice, as not all countries make full use of their quotas, but I shall in any case support Mrs Jeggle’s compromise of 2%.
To the European Commission I would say that this is not before time, as we were overtaken on the world market by New Zealand back in 2006. Demand increased, so there was scope for exploiting opportunities, but we could not exploit them as we were constrained by the quota system. This system had a role to play when there was overproduction but, now that demand has increased, we should develop another system that enables us to exploit those market opportunities. In this context, I also think it a shame that the Health Check is evidently now looking at four 1% increases. In my opinion, a real soft landing requires more of an increase than 1%. Let us have the courage to do that."@en1
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