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"Madam President, Commissioner, European winegrowing needs an ambitious reform. As you will have gathered, we want that reform to respect the European winegrowing tradition and to respect the men and women who work in that sector.
I would however like to draw your attention to the opinion of the Committee on International Trade, which is included in Mrs Batzeli’s report. The reform of the common organisation of the market in wine must in fact take account of the commercial stakes. Europe remains the world’s largest exporter of wine and while it is necessary to make it more competitive in the face of growing competition from New World wines, the vitality of this sector’s exports rests above all on a quality and authenticity that are acknowledged the world over.
We therefore need an offensive commercial policy to promote the quality of European wines. It would therefore be absurd, and counterproductive, for example, to authorise the vinification of imported must and the blending of European wines with wines from elsewhere.
The European Parliament’s report is therefore strongly against that. Likewise, it is necessary to secure better protection of protected geographical indications (PGI) and protected designations of origin (PDO) within the framework of the WTO negotiations and bilateral agreements. We want to defend wine production linked to local areas against wines that are largely unregulated.
I hope, Commissioner, that the European Commission will respect the opinions which appear in Mrs Batzeli’s report, and I pay tribute to her and congratulate her this evening."@en1
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