Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-15-Speech-3-102"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001115.4.3-102"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-15-Speech-3-1042
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; CONT (2000-07-03--2001-09-02)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3
lpv:translated text	"The pigmeat market is cyclical. A slight variation in the supply is enough to spark a crisis situation. However, the crises have been more drawn out in recent years and have had a terrible impact on young and small-scale pig farmers in particular. The Commission is right to try and find ways in which to secure the income of pig farmers. Unfortunately, the Commission’s present proposal will not yield structural solutions, and rapporteur Garot feels that the time has now come to dig out the old socialist instrument of robust state intervention again. There is no point in setting up funds to ameliorate the effects of recurring crises. There is a risk that these funds, by virtue of the cushioning effect they have, only make the crises more protracted. In addition, such funds give Member States the opportunity, in the form of co-financing, to grant capped state aid to a greater or lesser extent. Member States who have always been generous on the aid front can take advantage of this to distort competition. This leads to situations worthy of a quote from George Orwell in the eleven official languages of the Union: . But even if the co-financing aspect was to be dropped from the proposal, the proposed fund would still not be in a position to address the frequency and depth of the crises in the sector. When prices fall, production must be curtailed. That is a natural reaction in the pig farming sector. Therefore, a fund does not solve anything unless it is binding, and unless all participants endeavour to limit production. These are the reasons we voted against the proposal. Reducing production is the key to dealing with crises in the pig farming sector. I therefore hope that the Council will study this report with a critical eye and take the view of Dutch pig farmers on board. These farmers, who oppose an income fund in the first instance, feel that if the Council endorses a fund of this kind, it should do so with the proviso that each Member State limits its production."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	""All pigs are equal but some pigs are more equal than others""1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph