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"Mr President, it will not take me long to explain the priorities for European agriculture that concern us in 2005. They have to do with rural development and how it is to be funded. The Commission has presented us with its proposals on the subject, and we are working on them. In principle, the Commission’s approach is to be welcomed; only recently, Commissioner Fischer Boel gave us to understand that the proposals on rural development had to be – and were – in line with the Lisbon process. That is something we in this House will take on board. At the same time, rural development is also and especially a matter of funding, and we have to keep a very close eye on the work of the temporary committee on the 2007 – 2013 Financial Perspective as far as this matter is concerned. Unless we know what the financial facts and possibilities are, there is no point in us discussing what and how much Lisbon will do about rural development. With regard to the WTO, the 2003 agricultural reforms have increased our margin for negotiation in the agriculture sector; now we have to use it, while adopting a defensive stance in order to maintain the European model of agriculture. If one disregards the issue of its implementation at national level, which is a cause of concern to quite a few of us in this House, the 2003 agriculture reform left a number of issues outstanding. The markets in sugar, fruit and vegetables are ripe for reform, as is the wine sector. In all these sectors, we should wait and see what practical proposals the new Commission comes up with; nothing is to be gained by poking around in the dark. No doubt Commissioner Fischer Boel is perfectly well acquainted with the aspects that matter to this House, and it remains to be seen to what extent her proposals will take our concerns into account. I ask you, Mr President of the Commission, to give some thought to renewable energies, which I believe provide a good alternative source of income for our farmers if there is proper support for them."@en1
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