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"Mr President, the hour may be late but quite clearly we have a very good debate going here in this House tonight by a small number of people, which shows you the importance of this topic. I think it is a very timely debate and I congratulate my colleagues on bringing this to the floor of the House.
Regarding the success of the reform of the sugar regime, I think the introduction of quotas back in 2006 has been proved very wrong. The processing plants were closed down across Europe. We are now in a situation where we are a net importer of sugar, as has been pointed out here tonight, and that surely, in my opinion, is totally unacceptable.
We should also address the issue of equality between different types of sugar production; for example, the sugar cane refining industry is struggling at the moment to access adequate raw materials due to restrictions, no matter what we say. Who can supply the industry in view of the punitive tariffs that are being experienced at the moment? I would urge the Commission to find a solution to the problem, which is putting many jobs at risk throughout Europe."@en1
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