Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-12-10-Speech-1-054"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-12-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Order of business2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011210.3.1-054"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-12-10-Speech-1-0552
lpv:speaker	lp:Efstratios Korakas2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2001-02-08--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-04--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I wish to draw the House's attention to the vigorous protests and exasperation of Greek farmers, who are again involved in mass dynamic demonstrations against the anti-farming policy of the European Union, which is turning them off their land, ruining them and forcing them to abandon the countryside. Our farmers are fighting against the policy of quotas which limits dynamic arable farming, even of products in which the European Union and Greece are nowhere near self-sufficient, such as oil, tobacco and cotton, for which the Council even ignored a resolution by the European Parliament calling for a 50% increase in quotas. Our farmers are fighting against their exploitation by the processing industry, which snaps up their produce at derisory prices. Hundreds of thousands have already abandoned farming and joined the ranks of the unemployed. They are calling for quotas to be abolished, at least for products in which the European Union is not self-sufficient. They are protesting about policy to date. They are calling for infrastructure projects, such as irrigation works. They are calling for producer prices which cover the cost of production and afford them a profit. Madam President, we are at their side in their just fight for survival with all the means at our disposal, even if their fight qualifies as terrorism as defined recently by the Ministers of Justice of the European Union, a definition which we fear will also be adopted by the Laeken Summit. ***"@en1

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