Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-13-Speech-2-604-500"
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"en.20120313.23.2-604-500"2
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"The International Cocoa Agreement 2010 will replace the existing 2001 agreement to which the EU is a party. Overall, the agreement intends to bring more transparency and sustainability into a sector on which 50 million livelihoods depend throughout the world. In particular, it aims to create conditions for fairer and more sustainable global trade in cocoa by strengthening international cooperation. The EU imports over 80% of its cocoa from West Africa. The European chocolate industry is the largest worldwide. Over 90% of the world’s cocoa is cultivated by 5.5 million smallholders, with a further 14 million rural workers directly dependent on its production. I believe that this agreement could have a positive impact on all actors participating in the cocoa economy and I hope that it will translate into tangible long-term benefits for small-scale farmers. Unfortunately, the issue of child labour in the fields is widespread and, even though a lot of child labour is done within the family framework, the situation is worrying. Being the world’s main importer and consumer of cocoa, the EU should actively commit to resolve this problem as a matter of urgency."@en1
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