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dcterms:Date	"2012-09-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Implementation of the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru - Implementation of the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Association Agreement between the EU and Central America (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120912.28.3-539-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-09-12-Speech-3-540-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Bearder2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, when is a hot potato not a hot potato? Well, when we are talking about the EU free trade agreements with Andean countries, the hot potato, for once, is not human rights but bananas. As with all trade agreements, we need to ensure that by opening our markets we allow European companies and producers time to adapt to increased competition. I welcome the safeguard regulations in the FTAs with Colombia and Peru and with Central America, as well as most of the changes introduced by the Committee on International Trade. However, we have had long and bitter experience with banana wars, so we should be careful not to slip on another banana skin by creating further battles. My group, the Liberals and Democrats, will vote against the amendments which, by sleight of hand, change the banana limits into automatic quotas. We need to give the Commission the flexibility to decide, for example, if a surge in banana imports from Colombia or Costa Rica is harming EU banana producers or if it is simply compensating for reduced production in other parts of the world. That is not to say that we should give the Commission carte blanche. Indeed I strongly endorse the amendments which afford civil society and Parliament a stronger voice, so that the Commission is closely monitored and the views of ordinary citizens are respected in the whole process."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Liberal Democrats Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; INTA (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3,3 member; REGI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; TRAN (2012-01-19--2013-01-20)3,3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Catherine Bearder,"1 "on behalf of the ALDE Group."1
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