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dcterms:Date	"2000-03-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Grain legumes2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000317.4.5-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-17-Speech-5-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Niels Busk2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Venstre (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are able to support an extension to the proposal but, at the same time, I would draw attention to the fact that Agenda 2000, which was decided upon last year in Berlin, is based, of course, upon our looking towards free trade and endeavouring to reduce the present level of aid and to reach a number of agreements under the aegis of the WTO whereby, by virtue of market mechanisms, we can obtain greater access to the many markets out in the world. I would also draw your attention to the fact that, in recent years, conventional farming has been put under pressure. Prices have fallen for just about every product. This is what some people call stability. Farmers experience it somewhat differently because costs are, of course, rising and price freezes will therefore automatically be experienced as a setback. I would also recall the fact that the Commission has recently tightened up on the conditions for intervening in the area of grain. Wheat growers, in particular, will be affected very badly, which they already are because of a 15% fall in prices, but then there is also a tightening up on quality and with regard to the issue of protein crops. This means, moreover, that, especially in the northern part of the EU, there will be further price falls in the offing. On behalf of my Group, I shall, as I said, support an extension to the arrangements, but I would strongly urge the Commission, before 2002-2003, to make a concerted effort to investigate possible changes to the way in which we employ resources so that we can, in the future too, safeguard that group of farmers which, until now, has been supported by means of the aid arrangements in question."@en1

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