Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-29-Speech-3-136"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-05-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Agenda 2000 (interim situation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020529.9.3-136"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-29-Speech-3-1372
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 (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2002-06-30)3 substitute; CONT (2002-01-17--2003-01-28)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, with the introduction of rural policy in the framework of Agenda 2000, a number of Member States took full advantage of the new funds that became available. Unfortunately, the Dutch Government failed to come up with the goods. It expressed its view of the countryside by purchasing areas of outstanding natural beauty. An outmoded view. By buying up farmers, the countryside disappears and is replaced by an artificial park landscape. This is why I have tabled an amendment which should prevent this improper use of rural subsidies in future. Rapporteurs Mrs Rodríguez Ramos and Mr Fiori consider depopulation as one of the key problems facing the countryside, and consequently base their vision of rural policy on this premise. They are basing their assumptions too much on the problems in their own Member States in this matter. For example, depopulation is not a problem for the countryside in my region. The Dutch countryside is, however, threatened by urbanisation and being turned into wasteland. If the farmer can no longer acquire sufficient income from agriculture, he will look for all kinds of secondary activities. Some of these activities affect the landscape, and it is also sad to see barns only being used as garages for caravans. The European rural policy should consider these problems too. Mr Fiori is doing this Parliament a disservice. After the report on human genetics, this is his second report in the space of one year. We would have liked to have sent a signal to the Commission by the mid-term review as to how we view the common agricultural policy. Instead of looking for a common denominator, the rapporteur based his report on the Italian agricultural model, something which positively underwhelms the other Member States and this Parliament. The report has become a paradoxical document which gives neither this Parliament nor the Commission, and certainly not the Council, anything to go on. The European farmers deserve better."@en1

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