Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-22-Speech-2-290"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20080422.49.2-290"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spoken text |
"Mr President, I have sat in this House since 1994, and have to say I do not think I have ever heard so much hypocrisy from people.
Years ago we were criticised, as Jim Nicholson said, for the over-production of food. Now we are being criticised because food has reached what is probably a realistic and genuine price.
But what can we do about this? Well, Commissioner, there is something you can do, and you could do it tomorrow, if you had the will to do so. That is, first of all, to stop the anti-dumping legislation on phosphate and potash, in particular, and nitrogen, coming into the European Union and going to the rest of the world.
Mr Mandelson put that legislation in place and it is causing a huge problem, because you need three things to produce food: sun, water and also nitrogen, phosphate and potash. Third world countries cannot produce food unless they can get this at an affordable price, and at the moment it has risen from about GBP 80 a tonne to something like GBP 500 a tonne. If you do something about that, then you will be helping the rest of the world."@en1
|
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata |
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples