Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-22-Speech-2-283"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Rising food prices in the European Union and developing countries (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080422.49.2-283"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-22-Speech-2-2842
lpv:speaker	lp:Riitta Myller2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I do not believe that poor people in developing countries would fare better if we allowed market forces greater scope to operate in the food markets without regulation, as has been proposed here. Global capitalism is headed for a moral crisis if it transpires that the origin of the food crisis lies with stock market speculators. Here people have spoken of biofuels and the way they compete with food production for land. It has been stated here that this competition has not been very great, at least until now. Nevertheless, the problem needs to be analysed thoroughly, although we should not jump to any hasty conclusions. We need fuels obtainable from renewable sources, but obviously not in a way that deprives food production of space. Different countries and research institutes are now spending large sums of money on research into second and third generation biofuels. These fuels do not compete with food production. It has been estimated that the new generation fuels will be on the market in just a few years from now. There is no reason to prevent research in this field, and for that reason we need to draw up clear sustainability criteria for biofuels and produce second and third generation biofuels in a sustainable way."@en1

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