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"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, social tensions, such as the recent ones in North Africa, are almost always triggered by rising food prices. The record increase in the prices of cereals, sugar and vegetable oils is a clear sign of the increasing imbalance between global supply and demand.
A further – sadly possible – rise in prices would have dramatic consequences particularly for those parts of the world where food expenditure accounts for more than 40% of per capita income. It also poses a real risk of creating tensions throughout the entire planet in an increasingly interdependent world economy. The European Union must therefore have a clear awareness that agricultural policies – the common agricultural policy for the European Union and the Farm Bill for the United States – have a role of extraordinary and strategic importance to play in the world order, a role that goes far beyond the legitimate protection of farmers’ incomes.
We need, Madam President, a new global food policy capable of coordinating agricultural policies at international level. Personally I hope that the forthcoming G20 summit will be an opportunity to actually embark on this new path."@en1
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