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dcterms:Date	"2002-05-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Agenda 2000 (interim situation)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20020529.9.3-129"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-29-Speech-3-1302
lpv:speaker	lp:Karl Erik Olsson2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Centerpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I would first like to thank Mrs Rodríguez Ramos and Mr Fiori for the enormous amount of work they have put into both these reports. I do not have much to add when it comes to Mrs Rodríguez Ramos’ report, but I have a few comments on Mr Fiori’s. I think it is important that we think about whether we should retain agricultural policy or develop it. We have to realise that improved communications, both physical and electronic, are making us increasingly dependent on the world around us. This makes it impossible for us in the EU to isolate ourselves and conduct a completely separate agricultural policy. We have to take into account what is going on in the world around us. The negotiations of the World Trade Organisation are becoming increasingly important and are setting the standard for what we do. This is emphasised by the fact that the countries of central Eastern Europe will soon be included in the EU. An enlarged EU will in fact be the largest player on the global food market. Therefore, we must also take on the role of the most important player when it comes to pushing development forward. Now that the US has increased its agricultural subsidies, the EU must seek to be the driving force behind further opening up the global market, involving the developing countries in that market and thus making it work better. This would also create an opportunity for the developing countries to demonstrate, through their growth, that they are a purchasing force on the global market due to their having an enormous need for food. Mr President, I believe it is important that we think this through both ahead of the interim report and ahead of a new agricultural policy after 2006. Being aware that a functioning global market is much more important for the farmers of Europe may be a much greater guarantee of their obtaining a reasonable income than an increasingly fragile political support system which we no longer particularly agree that we wish to develop."@en1

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