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"Mr President, I welcome this proposal, which is largely administrative but gives European farmers a level of certainty for the next financial year. More broadly, I have a couple of points to make on the related issue of direct payments to farmers from 2014 onwards and which arose out of meetings I have held in my constituency over the last couple of weeks. First of all, on the issue of coupled support, I think we will have to look at the changes to Mr Capoulas Santos’s report and look at possibly deleting the list. This would allow Member States greater flexibility to determine the precise nature of the coupled support provided nationally.
On greening, I think it will be important to increase the baseline from crop to diversification which, as it stands, is impractical, especially for small and medium farmers. Also, in relation to the ecological focus areas, again we need to ensure that the percentages are workable and that we have a comprehensive and precise list of what is and what is not included in these areas.
Finally, on the issue of convergence, I welcome Mr Capoulas Santos’s softening of the Commission proposals, and I think more will need to be done to ensure that the viability of farm businesses at national level is not threatened by policy changes at European level."@en1
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