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"Madam President, consumers as well as farmers have every right to ask us politicians what is going on. Why is the food market in the situation it is in? Farmers know what profits they make, how much they sell their products for, and they know how much they and other consumers pay for food. What can we say to them today? Let us remember 2008 and the situation the food market was in. Did we learn from this? My answer is that we did not. We are still limiting production. To make matters worse, we are paying to reduce production, while previously we paid to increase it. This Chamber has heard other comments concerning agriculture. Maybe our colleagues should come here today and listen. Maybe they would learn something about food security. There is a continuing debate about the future of the common agricultural policy post-2013 and once again everyone wants to lower expenditure on the CAP. The current situation, this crisis, has occurred to warn us against a disastrous political decision. We have a chance to rectify our mistakes. We talk about stability. We ask why there are no reserves but we are limiting agricultural trends. Where are these reserves to come from? Who will pay for them? Commissioner, this situation, this crisis is providing you with exceptionally strong arguments. Ladies and gentlemen present in this Chamber, we must convince those remaining of the seriousness of the situation and of the responsibility of this House for the future of the CAP and for feeding our society. The problem of food security is becoming a global problem. It is good that …"@en1
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