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"Mr President, following the decisions taken at the Brussels Summit, only certain parts of our previous debate are still relevant today. This is the case of the guiding principles on which the CAP should be based in the long term. I believe there are four particularly important principles.
The first is price protection. Farmers, like any businessmen, must live mainly from the sale of their products and not from aid provided by taxpayers, which is always precarious and could be revoked at any time. They need remunerative prices which must also cover the cost of environmental, social, quality and safety requirements, which are the requirements of our fellow citizens. This system of coupling has now become highly relevant once again, since the Brussels Summit set the ceiling for the direct aid budget at a level that does not even guarantee compensation for inflation. Unless a considerable reduction in agricultural income is accepted, in particular as of 2007, it will not be possible to compensate for this other than by means of prices that, in accordance with Article 33 of the Treaty, ensure an acceptable lifestyle for the farming community. This must be our starting point in negotiations with the WTO, not the other way round.
The second principle consists of a revised definition of Community preference, based on the disparity between requirements imposed on European producers and on those imposed in third countries. This disparity justifies protecting our internal market against social or environmental dumping by the world market.
The third principle is stability. We must stop radically overhauling the rules of the game every three years. Farmers, particularly young farmers, like any businessmen, need to be given enough information to make strategic choices and to make investments that have a lifespan of at least fifteen years, and sometimes their whole career.
Lastly, the fourth principle is that of food safety. We must not only talk about it; we must give ourselves the means to implement it. An economic unit such as the European Union must not depend heavily on imports, as is the case today for the strategic sector of fodder proteins. Returning to the disastrous Blair House agreements, which have allowed America to dominate the oilseed sector completely, this should be a fundamental concern of a Commission that truly wants to defend European interests. For now, Mr President, this is far from the reality."@en1
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