Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-26-Speech-1-215-250"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-09-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Assisting developing countries in addressing food security challenges (short presentation)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110926.23.1-215-250"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-09-26-Speech-1-215-5002
lpv:speaker	lp:Jim Higgins2
lpv:spoken text	"Firstly I would like to raise concern regarding paragraph 63 which calls for the phasing-out of export subsidies and other incentives in the CAP. I will vote against. Many imported agriculture products are non-sustainable and the phasing out of CAP incentives would kill local EU production, which is a stated aim of the rapporteur. It would put EU agriculture at a complete disadvantage. The EU agri-industry must comply with extremely stringent safety regulations; without subsidies we cannot expect the industry to compete with imports and so we would start a race to the bottom of the food chain! I welcome the steps this report takes to highlight food wastage. The Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that there were 925 million hungry people in the world in 2010. Meanwhile in Europe about 89 million tonnes of food is wasted every year. That is 179 kg per person! This is a situation which cannot be allowed to continue. Our colossal wastage of food represents our inefficient use and management of food resources; successful commitments to fight poverty and hunger worldwide must begin by addressing our terrible wastage of food. Our right to food must be accompanied with a duty not to waste food."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; PECH (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2009-07-15--2012-01-16)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2012-09-12)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2012-09-12)3 member; Parliament's Bureau (2009-07-15--2012-01-16)3 member; TRAN (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Fine Gael Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Quaestors (2009-07-15--2012-01-16)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2010-02-25--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jim Higgins (PPE ),"1 "in writing"1

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