Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-10-Speech-2-062"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-02-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Agricultural incomes in the EU2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040210.3.2-062"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-10-Speech-2-0632
lpv:speaker	lp:Christos Folias2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-11-07--2004-03-09)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-03-09)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-03-09)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (2002-02-07--2004-03-09)3 member; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-03-09)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-03-09)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-03-09)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the agricultural sector of the European Union faces many problems. Greek farmers in particular are anxious about their future. They are anxious about whether to continue to farm their land or to join the queues of the unemployed in the towns. However, we cannot hope for a strong Greece unless we safeguard strong regions. And strong regions mean strong farmers. We must apply a policy which secures farmers a decent income so that they can be master of their own land; so that they have employment, prospects, a future, a productive horizon for their children. Regions without farmers mean a country without a future. Guaranteeing agricultural incomes at decent levels is not just an economic issue. It is, at the same time, a huge social and moral issue. We therefore need to follow an organised agricultural policy which will consistently and constantly lead to the strengthening of the agricultural sector. It is necessary, now, without delay, for us to fight bureaucracy, to simplify procedures to integrate new farmers into Community initiatives and to encourage the development of organic products with less paperwork and more support, with cheap certification of organic products and with undivided advisory support for farmers from the agriculturalists and veterinarians of the Ministry of Agriculture. We need to give Greek farmers the optimism which they lack today, the belief that their work has a future and that their future is close to their land, with prospects, with a serious income and with dignity."@en1

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