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"en.20030130.1.4-035"2
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The real global scandal of hunger in the world forces us to react. In that sense, the European ‘Everything but arms’ initiative is to be welcomed.
The example of the coffee crisis, however, demonstrates that this is not enough. This raises the question of stabilising the prices of raw materials. We must also think about how to guarantee that the profits from trade in these products do end up solely in the pockets of the multinationals who control the market, but that they are also redistributed to the farmers.
Tens of thousands of people, including those who were at Porto Alegre, have proclaimed their desire to see a world that is more fair. The Brazilian President, by declaring that his priority is ‘Zero Hunger’, has generated an enormous feeling of hope.
The European Union must respond to this aspiration and to those hopes. In order to do that, it must accept its obligation of solidarity, for example by abolishing debt and introducing a Tobin tax, but also by preserving the freedom of the developing countries to organise their public services in spite of the pressure of the negotiations carried out in the context of the GATS, and by preserving their freedom to choose whether or not to accept GMO seeds."@en1
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