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"en.20110216.15.3-418-000"2
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"Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, all the hungry people in the world, all those who have to pay more to feed themselves or to clothe themselves, expect us to respond with more energy to the greatest calamity afflicting our planet today, that is, the calamity produced by money-grabbing food speculators. They are the ones who are driving up food prices to the detriment of farmers and consumers.
I listened carefully to the impassioned plea by Jean-Paul Gauzès, but he will be aware that, in his region, cereals have been bought this year for the next harvest even before they have been sown. Consequently, we are indeed talking about speculation. The only way forward is for the European Union to act in several directions.
Firstly, it must act to stop these financial speculators by setting up a global agricultural and food fund, building up emergency stocks, putting in place mechanisms for stabilising real prices for actual and not virtual production under the auspices of the United Nations Organisation (UNO). Our common agricultural policy must also revert to a system ..."@en1
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