Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-06-Speech-1-140"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-06-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EAFRD support for rural development2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050606.17.1-140"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-06-Speech-1-1412
lpv:speaker	lp:Armando Dionisi2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2006-04-27)3 unknown; Unione dei Democratici cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro (2004-07-20--2006-04-27)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-16--2006-04-27)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2006-04-27)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2006-04-27)3 substitute; AGRI (2004-07-22--2006-04-27)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the rural development policy is the most innovative element of the Community’s new agricultural policy, and it is crucial that the EU budget does not sacrifice this most ambitious of challenges for the future of our rural areas. Cutting the funds allocated to rural development means taking away resources from food safety, environmental protection, measures to enhance the countryside, product quality and job creation. The report endorsed by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development attaches great importance to support measures for young farmers, who should be encouraged to remain in the countryside and to farm in a competitive and sustainable manner. Mrs Schierhuber’s efforts to maintain funding for rural development are commendable, but reducing the minimum percentages of expenditure on three axes causes misgivings. It would have been more appropriate to keep the Commission’s proposal; lowering the rates means allowing Member States more discretion in their management of resources, and consequently a weaker and less incisive EU policy. In addition, with regard to the LEADER programme, the Commission’s proposal establishing a reserve fund for countries with lower spending levels, in order to enhance and reward the best projects, should be kept. It is crucial, moreover, that the national action plans should be consistent with the Community’s strategic objectives, and the strengthening of partnerships is an essential tool in fulfilling these objectives. Finally, in order to transform rural development into a genuine territorial policy, the policy must be consistent with, and integrated with, all of the other Community policies. It involves fundamental elements of the Lisbon and Gothenburg strategy, which we cannot abandon if we hope to revive Europe, its objectives and its values."@en1

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