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Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Direct support schemes under the CAP2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010614.4.4-109"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-14-Speech-4-1102
lpv:speaker	lp:Ioannis Patakis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EUL/NGL (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2001-02-08--2002-01-14)3 member; ECON (2001-02-12--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Commission proposal misleadingly confines itself to an administrative matter which does not even merit discussion and deliberately overlooks the way in which direct Community aid is distributed to farm holdings and the worsening situation of small farm holdings. According to the scant information contained in the report and from the farm accounting data network, 23.2% of the farms in the network are paid less than EUR 1 000 per annum in direct aid. The actual figure is much higher if we take account of farms outside the network, which are obviously small holdings, meaning that far more than 23.2% of all Community holdings receive a mere 1.4% of total direct aid. This item of information, which the Commission deliberately omits, proves that statements by senior Commission officials to the effect that the supposed aim of the Community budget and direct aid is to iron out inequalities between the rich and poor farming regions of the European Union and between large and small holdings are pure hypocrisy. As a result, 20% of the large farm holdings in the European Union receive 80% of Community subsidies, as the former Commissioner, Mr MacSharry discovered to his surprise and, unfortunately, the situation is getting worse. Because the way in which direct aid is distributed benefits large farm holdings at the expense of small farms, thereby constantly increasing the income differential between rich and poor farming regions and between large, capitalist-style holdings and small, family-run farms, because the way in which direct aid is distributed is helping to wipe out small holdings and because the Commission proposal makes no attempt to get to the nub of the problem, the members of the Community Party of Greece will be voting against the Commission proposal and the parliamentary report."@en1

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