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Madam President, I should like to say to the Commissioner that when she first presented her proposals to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, I applauded. I realise that I was the only person who applauded in that committee, which put me at odds with many of my colleagues. I applauded because I have wanted reform in this sector ever since I read the 1991 report by the Court of Auditors. I have sought changes in the regime from a budget control point of view, from a budget point of view, from a development point of view, from a WTO point of view and from a consumer point of view, which puts me at odds with Mr Fruteau, for whom I have the greatest respect and whom I genuinely admire. But quite frankly, we should not accept the call for ‘the introduction of modifications’. What we need is a radical overhaul, as the Commissioner proposed. We should not vote for lesser price cuts and increased compensation and less quota cuts than those proposed by the Commission. We should not vote for structural or social cohesion policy instruments to be used to cushion sugar farmers. All ACP producers were being offered the same. Large amounts of CAP funds are already available to EU farmers. Let us not forget that sugar producers, processors and refiners are not the poorest people on this planet.
I agree that we need to monitor imports from the less-developed countries in order to prevent fraud and guard against triangular trade, but quite honestly, we are talking about tiny amounts. EU sugar production of 17 million tonnes will not be distorted; there will not be a market imbalance because of LDC imports.
Amendment 61, on the Everything But Arms Agreement, should be opposed. What we are trying to do to the least developed countries is unacceptable. We should follow the line that Mrs Kinnock has given, making sure that, whatever we do with these reforms, the developing world is not jeopardised."@en1
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