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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Agreement between the EU and Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products and fishery products (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120214.20.2-383-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-02-14-Speech-2-384-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Ana Miranda2
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (2012-01-01--2013-07-09)3 member; PETI (2012-01-19--2013-07-09)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2012-02-06--2013-07-09)3 unknown; Bloque Nacionalista Galego (2012-01-01--2013-07-09)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (2012-02-13--2013-07-09)3 member; REGI (2012-01-19--2013-07-09)3 substitute; FEMM (2012-01-24--2013-07-09)3 substitute; PECH (2012-01-19--2013-07-09)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2012-02-13--2013-07-09)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this is a debate in which Parliament must send out a clear political signal. This signal must be a dual one. Firstly, Parliament must champion agreements that promote socially, economically and environmentally sustainable farming models. Secondly, it must insist on compliance with international law and respect for the human and collective rights of the Sahrawi people. The agreement favours an export model that is harmful to small farmers both in southern Europe and in Morocco. It only benefits large companies and investment funds, which can bypass European social and environmental regulations. The agreement does not contain a single clause regarding the social dimension, employment or the environment. It speculates with food and encourages unfair competition. It completely overlooks small farmers, both European and Moroccan, and does not guarantee their right to produce, meaning they will end up as cheap labour for the multinationals, who are the real beneficiaries of this agreement. Lastly, according to international legislation, we are up against a problem that is an unresolved political legacy of decolonisation. Of course we are in favour of the democratisation of Morocco. Of course we support the demands of the Arab Spring. However, this cannot be used as a way of pressuring us into voting for an agreement that does not even state that Western Sahara is to be excluded from its scope. The territory of Western Sahara, its natural resources and its raw materials belong to the Sahrawi people. Neither Morocco nor the European Union has a legitimate right to negotiate about them. While fresh tomatoes are planted on and exported from their occupied land and fresh fish are caught in and exported from their seas, the children of the Sahara eat canned fish and tomato purée. This is why we must not vote in favour of an agreement that further consolidates this unjust situation. The Commission, the Council and Parliament must make a resounding political statement backing the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination, in order to end the marginalisation of the men and women of the Sahara and their collective rights as a people."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
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