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"Madam President, can I first of all take the opportunity to thank everyone who participated in the debate. I think what it has proved here tonight is that there are many problems facing the dairy sector throughout the European Union. They may differ in different regions, and there may be different problems, but certainly the problems are there. There is not much doubt about that. I would also like to thank the Parliament services for ensuring that we had a full debate on this report tonight. That has proven to be very worthwhile as well.
I am totally in agreement with many of the things that were said. The report covered wide issues, and none more than the needs of people in mountainous areas and peripheral areas. I tried to address that, and it is not an easy problem. It is a very serious problem, and it is more difficult for those who actually live in those areas.
I have to be honest, Commissioner: I think that the Milk Market Observatory is not fit for purpose as it stands. You are going to have to do more, and you are going to have to do it more quickly. I would hope that, by autumn, you will come to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) with proposals as to what you are going to do there. Now is not a time to be following in Europe – we should be leading in Europe. I also believe that the money collected in the super levy should be kept within the industry and should not be taken by any other parts of the industry or given to any other parts of the Commission.
Everybody speaks about volatility, but nobody has really got the right idea about how we actually deal with it or how we handle it. It is a very difficult subject. I would like to echo what Mairead McGuinness said: do not leave it too late. Mariann Fischer Boel promised us in the AGRI Committee, when she was in your position, that never ever again would dairy farmers have to wait so long for support. Do not leave it too late.
Commissioner, I fear your honeymoon period is coming to an end. I noticed in my local agricultural press at the weekend that my local minister said that you and your staff were living in ivory towers in Brussels. I would not say that about you, because I know you are a much cleverer man. You will take on board the many things that have been said about the Commission here tonight. However, we do need the Commission to take action, to take these views on board, and to do something in the name of the dairy farmers who are suffering hardship at this present moment in time."@en1
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