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"Mr President, I am not going to start talking about cooking but I am clearly very saddened today that we are having this debate at all. This debate should never have taken place during the current difficult times. For, after all, what are we talking about? We are talking about EUR 500 million that is already in the budget, that could be used and that could have been used differently following a decision of the Court of Justice to fill the purpose that they are being used for today, in other words, relieving the pain of 16 million European citizens who do not eat every day to satisfy their hunger. Instead, we are having to have this debate. I welcome the Commissioner’s determination to save this budget, because at the end of the day – as Mr Omarjee pointed out – we go around talking about hundreds of billions for the banks yet what a fuss when it comes to EUR 500 million for the very poorest! This is serious. What signal will Europe be giving out if this programme is not saved beyond 2013? Today, I must commend you, Commissioner, and the rapporteur and all those who helped ensure that it was saved until 2013. However, the fight to keep it beyond 2013 starts tomorrow morning, because there is no question of abandoning a programme that looks out for the poorest citizens of the European Union."@en1
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