Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-17-Speech-2-188"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Common organisation of the market in sugar – Support schemes for farmers (sugar) – Restructuring the sugar industry2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.20.2-188"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-1892
lpv:speaker	lp:Paul Vergès2
lpv:spokenAs	member; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-10-04)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2007-10-04)3 member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Parti communiste français (2004-07-20--2007-10-04)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the reform of the common organisation of the market in sugar is giving rise to grave concern both in the ACP countries and in the outermost regions. That concern is particularly keen on the island of Réunion, where sugar cane is still the main crop. The mobilisation of the players in the sugar-cane sector has not been in vain. It has brought appreciable changes to the initial reform plan. We note these positive changes and pay tribute to the work done by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and its rapporteur. We must not deceive ourselves, however. The measures proposed to mitigate the effects of this reform are temporary and as such merely palliatives designed solely to win acceptance for a reform the effects of which may ultimately be disastrous. The outermost regions share the same fate as the ACP countries in this respect. We cannot let them believe their future is assured. It is all the less secure because there are many uncertainties about what will happen after 2013. Apart from the inadequate Community compensation, what national compensation will there be and, more importantly, will it continue beyond 2013? This concern is all the more legitimate because the Hong Kong summit suggested there will be a new debate starting in 2009 with implications for the European budget, including the common agricultural policy. When we know that a stock of sugar cane represents seven years’ harvest on average, after which it must be replanted, it is easy to see that these uncertainties may undermine the confidence required to meet the replanting targets hitherto supported by the European Union. Ultimately, the question is how the sugar cane sector can be saved. Madam President, I will conclude by saying that, faced with this situation where our planters’ future is not assured beyond the life of a cane stock, it will be impossible for us to approve the report that is before us."@en1

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