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"en.20051213.64.2-430"2
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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I am speaking on behalf of the new Italian Socialist Party.
Once again the European Union is in the difficult position of having to reconcile compliance with its international commercial obligations and the introduction of policies to foster the development of its poorest partners and to defend the interests of its citizens, particularly those working in sectors at risk.
I therefore applaud all the measures taken by the Commission to limit the negative impact of sugar imports from producer nations and to compensate any losses resulting from it.
As a member of the Committee on Development and sensitive to problems affecting the poorest countries, I agree with the proposal to back the reform with additional aid for the 18 ACP Protocol states. It is extremely important to assist our partners during the transition period to enable them to overcome their economic dependency on a single product, a dependency which makes the economies of entire countries highly vulnerable not only to market fluctuations but also to the natural disasters which hit the Caribbean and Pacific regions with increasing frequency.
I also agree with the proposal of the rapporteur – whom I should like to thank – to give priority to converting the sector to other non-food products such as bio-ethanol. Once again it is important to ensure the consistency of such proposals by making adequate financial resources available."@en1
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