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dcterms:Date	"2010-07-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Implications for EU agriculture of the reopening of negotiations with Mercosur with a view to concluding an Association Agreement - Preparations for the forthcoming EU-Brazil summit on 14 July 2010 in Brasilia (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100708.4.4-077"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-07-08-Speech-4-0782
lpv:speaker	lp:José Bové2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 vice-chair; AGRI (2009-07-20--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee (2010-06-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2012-07-01)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Europe Écologie (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; INTA (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"− Mr President, Commissioner, reopening negotiations with Mercosur when the European Union is getting ready to redefine its agricultural policy reveals a dangerous lack of consistency on the part of the Commission. Europe already imports 500 000 tonnes of beef. Opening up our market even further would be to the disadvantage of the cattle breeders of Europe’s less-favoured areas, without any guarantee of respect for health and social standards. We cannot accept this. Europe buys 38 million tonnes of soya and feed for cattle. These imports from Brazil and Argentina monopolise more than 19 million hectares. They are concentrated in the hands of three enterprises: Cargill, ADM and Bunch. Between 2001 and 2004 soya destroyed more than 1.2 million hectares of tropical and equatorial forest. It is one of the principal causes of the increase in greenhouse gas emissions and the loss of biodiversity. The European Parliament has decided to produce a report on the recovery of autonomy in respect of vegetable proteins for livestock feed. This decision is motivated by the need to have environmentally friendly agriculture and to combat climate change. These efforts will be completely undone by this draft bilateral agreement. Once again the European Commission is selling short its farming and its farmers in order to obtain chance gains for service companies. These concessions will not serve the interests of the farming families of Mercosur, only those of agro-industrial groups. Convincing evidence of this can be found in the report by the Tyson group, a US corporation and heavyweight in the international meat market, which announced that it has invested in Brazil – I quote, and it is in its report – to use this country as a platform for exporting to Europe. Other enterprises, such as the Doux Group, had already anticipated this move by buying out the Brazilian Frangosul Group in 1998. Many poultry farmers, particularly in Brittany, paid the price for that deal. Europe seems to want to pursue its policy of relocation by intensifying its attacks against farmers. We must stop this insane process by offering our citizens quality, locally produced food."@en1
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