Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-12-14-Speech-1-092"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-12-14"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091214.15.1-092"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Michel Dantin2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2012-06-15)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2012-06-15)3 substitute; TRAN (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2012-06-15)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2009-07-14--2012-06-15)3 member; AGRI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2012-03-28)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, thank you, once again, for your attention. The price crisis in 2007-2008 highlighted the weak position of consumers with regard to price volatility. The agricultural crisis of 2009 is having a much more detrimental effect on farms than the indices reveal. Why? Because the upward trend in agricultural prices was portrayed by many as sustainable, and because farmers without doubt invested far too much in 2008 and at the beginning of 2009 – far too much because a delay has built up since the beginning of the 2000s. On several occasions, Commissioner, you have expressed a desire to no longer intervene in market regulation in the same way. But have we failed to remember over the last 20 years that agricultural commodities are primarily food products and that we need a certain degree of price stability at both ends of the chain? Price stability is required at consumer level, on the one hand, because, due to other financial commitments such as mortgages, parenting and leisure activities, the consumer does not have enough leftover income to cope with price fluctuations. At producer level, on the other hand, price stability is required because business activity involves significant capital, which requires heavy investment. Organisation within the sectors that includes all the elements of the supply chain, as well as the new players – I am referring to the mass catering sector and processing companies for quick-frozen or even fresh-prepared products – can undoubtedly lead to the introduction of private tools for stabilising prices. Do you think it is possible to find a way forward with this, Commissioner, and is the Commission ready to participate in such discussions?"@en1
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