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"Mr President, this is one of the most important debates – both political and economic – here in Parliament, as is borne out by the make-up of those who have contributed to it today. This debate concerns not only the rise in food prices, but also deaths caused by hunger. Today’s voices in this Chamber and the alarming analyses say what they say. The price of wheat has risen by 130% in the last year alone, that of soya by 87% and that of rice by 74% – these are facts. During the last 30 years we have brought prices down, but what has happened during the past year has trumped all the warning signals.
The facts are as follows: there is a worldwide shortage of food; there is hunger – 850 million people are going hungry. In a dozen or more countries there have been riots, and these will get worse. Tropical forests have been felled
along with the Amazon Rainforest – in other words, the desire for biofuels outweighs the desire for a reduction in world hunger. During the next few years there will be a global shortfall of 200 million tonnes of grain. Global inflation will rise, there will be a continuing water shortage, and consumers in Europe will be forking out 30-40% more from their wallets than they did a year ago.
What should we do? Urgently reform the common agricultural policy, as there are millions of farmers in Europe too who are suffering from poverty, and convene an international conference at the first available opportunity that will take certain decisions and draw certain conclusions from this discussion and this problem."@en1
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