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I regret that Commissioner Lamy was not more explicit yesterday about the discrepancies between the Council's negotiation mandate and the draft declaration by the Ministers at the Doha conference. I thought I heard – the Commissioner was speaking sotto voce – that they particularly related to the new reduction in external protection and internal support for our agriculture which certain States had demanded.
I also regret that the joint resolution that Parliament has just voted on commits the sin of incoherence by remaining silent on Community preference, whilst rightly emphasising the right of WTO members to apply agricultural policies adapted to their needs and conditions and especially the right of EU Member States to defend a European model of agriculture founded on family holdings, safe and high-quality food, protection of the environment and a balance between town and country.
Food safety constitutes a strategic dimension, on which the tragic events of 11 September throw a new light. It is not feasible that the European Union should depend long-term on imports – some 75% of its requirements – of a family of products as important, vital and strategic as oilseed proteins. How can the European Union condemn itself to zero growth in a crucial sector in which production worldwide is increasing by 5% per annum? What would happen in the event of weather hazards in the Americas? It is therefore imperative that the fatal error of Blair House, the absurd and severe self-limitation agreed to in Marrakech be put right in the next round of negotiations. The complete elimination of animal fats makes it all the more necessary to be able to support the development of Community-wide production of vegetable proteins: this objective must be a priority for the European negotiator. We will be extremely watchful on this issue."@en1
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