Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-17-Speech-2-202"

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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	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.20.2-202"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-2032
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Mulder2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PECH (2004-09-03--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; BUDG (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, all we can say is that this debate is a bit too late in the day. The Commissioner, whom I would like to congratulate on the fact that the bulk of her ideas have been adopted by the Council, was tactful enough to say that Parliament had had a great deal of influence. Although I should like to congratulate Mr Fruteau on this, I realise that what we will decide in a resolution today or tomorrow will have little effect on the final outcome. I too felt that the sugar reforms were necessary. We have come in for some criticism from the WTO panel; we now have a weapons agreement which we must adhere to and allow for. The farmers in the Member States are getting a raw deal, as are the farmers in the ACP countries. I agree with the many who stated that sugar will not be the key product for the ACP countries; just as important will be the energy production. We have the technology – which is already being applied in Brazil and elsewhere – by means of which sugar cane is directly converted into alcohol. I would encourage the Commission to give the ACP countries maximum support in this process, for it would be preferable to use sugar cane for energy production in those countries, provided, that is, that they are in the tropics. Another problem has meanwhile cropped up. If I have been reliably informed, the European market will soon be flooded with a surplus of some 2 million tonnes of sugar. That is because exports have dropped and the harvest has been good. There is still a large supply of intervention sugar and it looks like in the first year, the level of participation in the restructuring process will be lower than expected. I would like to put a quick question to the Commission. What does it intend to do in the short term about this surplus of 2 millions tonnes of sugar?"@en1

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