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"en.20120419.20.4-505-000"2
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"Mr President, I speak today on behalf of the many farmers in the South-West of England who currently struggle to make any kind of a living out of agriculture on Exmoor, Dartmoor, Bodmin Moor and in other less-favoured areas. Supporting active farming in these areas delivers a wide range of benefits, not least of which is the sustainable management of the landscape resulting in amenity enjoyment for hundreds of thousands of people.
The whole process of negotiating the new common agricultural policy is a sword of Damocles hanging over farmers. It creates uncertainty and makes sound business planning – something we want to encourage – extremely difficult. It is therefore completely unacceptable to compound this uncertainty by allowing Member States to fail to fulfil their obligations in the policy of less-favoured areas. Yes, farmers in areas like mine see a glimmer of hope in the inclusion of the concept of field capacity days, etc., but they will be appalled at the attitude being shown here.
If you want to retain any credibility at all – maybe you are too far away from the farmers, but I know because I hear it all the time – please, to use the vernacular, get your finger out, provide the information and let this institution do its job on behalf of its constituents, however much you might resent its power to do so."@en1
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