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"Mr President, I call on all Members to reject the Commission proposal on plant reproductive material and ask that no mandate for negotiations be opened. This proposal is a joke. It is not fit for purpose, and the Commission really needs to go back to the drawing board on this one. It does not need to go back to the drawing board in order to get a better communication strategy but to get a better proposal.
This is a simple case of the Commission putting the needs of industry before farmers. Should the Commission’s proposal with this regulation proceed, it could result in established farming practices becoming illegal. Without doubt, seeds are a resource given by nature, and there should be no attempt whatsoever to regulate their use in agriculture. Any attempt to do so, especially in times of food insecurity, is absolutely preposterous. The Commission’s proposal also severely limits the freedom of Member States and gives the Commission excessive powers over markets that they are far removed from.
I am happy to see that the members of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development have spoken almost unanimously, with 37 members to two rejecting the proposal. I also hope that tomorrow’s vote will see proceed it no further."@en1
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