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"The current hike in food prices, and especially in the prices of food commodities such as cereals and oilseeds, is primarily due to natural disasters in Russia and Australia.
Even though this rise in food commodity prices could conceivably boost our European farmers’ incomes, we must not forget that the livestock sector is seeing a corresponding hike in the price of animal feed.
We are painfully aware of the European Union’s extreme dependence on supplies of food commodities, which means that food security in Europe is far from being achieved.
We do not have to go very far – the proof can be found in the countries of North Africa – to realise the dangerous consequences that such uncertainties can have.
Our life insurance consists in maintaining a common agricultural policy worthy of the name, so as to ensure a fair income for our farmers, and in maintaining productive agriculture in every region of Europe.
That is why I played an active part in this resolution and why I voted in favour of it."@en1
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