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I voted in favour of this resolution on the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union. The Commission estimates that 80 million people in the EU are at risk of poverty, and that due to the financial and economic crisis the number of people affected by poverty could increase. However, even faced with this difficult situation, there are plans to dramatically reduce funding for food aid from EUR 500 million in 2011 to EUR 113 million in 2012. I welcome the provision set out in the resolution calling on the Commission and the Council to develop a transitional solution for the remaining years of the funding period (2012 and 2013) so as to avoid an immediate and sharp cutback in food aid as a result of the reduction in funding from EUR 500 million to EUR 113 million and ensure that people dependent on food aid do not suffer from food poverty. It must be stressed that the right to food is a fundamental human right, and is achieved when all people, at all times, have physical and economically feasible access to suitable, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and preferences for an active and healthy life. We all have a duty to make sure that this right is guaranteed to every inhabitant of the EU."@en1
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