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"en.20050310.3.4-018"2
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"Mr President, over-production of sugar is another manifestation of the obscene common agricultural policy that protects certain producers for political reasons and penalises consumers for the same political reasons. The French produce 160% of their domestic requirements in sugar, and dump the rest on the Third World. The British produce 50% of their requirements, and import the remainder from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.
British sugar producers act responsibly and are not the cause of the problem. They will suffer through ill-considered so-called reforms. Real reform for Britain will only be accomplished when we withdraw from the common agricultural policy, and indeed from the European Union itself.
This resolution has left a sour taste with British sugar producers, many of whom have written to me and my British colleagues. The UK Independence Party will vote against the resolution and its amendments, which will damage the interests of British sugar producers."@en1
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