Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-02-13-Speech-2-304"
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"I get the impression sometimes that the Commission seems to dislike the CAP and would like to see the end of it sooner or later. I would remind the Commission that the CAP agreement is in place until 2013. As it is, the mandatory levels of modulation are already causing hardships in rural areas of my constituency. This proposal implies the re-nationalisation of agricultural policy, however, it takes no account of the fact the direct payments will then be at the discretion of Member States, with no way to monitor the spending of funds. Also, the proposal does not provide for any alternatives to farming, nor does it contain a procedure to ensure that a farmer’s competitive position will not deteriorate disproportionately. In some countries, taking money from agriculture and giving it to rural areas may work, but in many parts of Ireland agriculture is the basis of rural life. Without agriculture, the men and women in rural Ireland experience depopulation or are forced to tolerate polluting industries to provide jobs and keep people in the area. In Ireland, the more money we move from agriculture to rural, the more we damage both. An impact assessment would have predicted this."@en1
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"(Written statement abbreviated in accordance with Rule 142(7))"1
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