Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-13-Speech-1-186"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Support for rural development by the EAFRD – Voluntary modulation of direct payments under the CAP (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061113.20.1-186"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-13-Speech-1-1872
lpv:speaker	lp:Mairead McGUINNESS2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I should like to thank both rapporteurs for their reports. When I reread the Presidency Conclusions, these seven lines of text read worse now than they did almost a year ago. It is literally a free-for-all for any Member State that wants to take it up and it has no regard for the rules that this House, and indeed the Council itself, had drawn up in relation to rural development. Voluntary modulation as outlined in this proposal is anything but voluntary, because the farmers certainly do not want it. Therefore we are misusing and abusing words. Of course this proposal distorts. It has to, because it is allowed in one Member State but it may not be applied in others. We need to look at the impact of this on agriculture generally. I am also conscious that we are looking towards a health check for the CAP in 2008 and, in parallel with that, a review of the financial perspectives. I should like to compliment the Commission on trying to make something good out of what is essentially a very bad proposal: the Commission is trying to get rules applied and is insisting that they be implemented; it is excluding market support measures. I shall conclude by saying that it is very difficult to make something good out of essentially a poor suggestion, or, to use an agricultural term: you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. I compliment the Commission for even trying to do so. This is a bad proposal and we will be rejecting it."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3,3 chair; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-02-02--2007-06-19)3,3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Fine Gael Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; PETI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; BUDG (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Mairead McGuinness (PPE-DE ). –"1

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