Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-12-Speech-3-240"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Enlargement of the Union2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020612.5.3-240"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-12-Speech-3-2412
lpv:speaker	lp:Neil Parish2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the enlargement of the European Union is going to be the greatest project that Europe takes part in during the next ten years and we have to be careful, not only how we enlarge for the sake of the present Member States, but also how we deal with the countries that are coming in. I want to deal with the agricultural side because I want to see a proper reform of the common agricultural policy before enlargement takes place. What worries me is that we are not going to do that properly. We are going to get to a situation where the budget of the common agricultural policy does not fit the size of the new European Union. Then we will have to make cuts in places, which is perhaps not the right way to do it. I know the Commission is dealing a lot with this, but we also have to look at how we get the Sapard funds into enlargement states to help them build up their infrastructure, including their education systems. On a recent visit to Poland I found there were lots of problems with education, especially in the rural areas where very often young children were not going on to secondary school because they stayed at home to work on the farms. We must face up to the huge number of farmers in these enlargement states and we must find some way of helping them to restructure their agriculture as and when they come into Europe. I am also very concerned to avoid food coming into the European Union that does not meet the high standards of our production. We have to be very clear on this. With those reservations, much as I support enlargement, we must be careful how we do it."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (2002-05-16--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Parish (PPE-DE )."1

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