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"The British Conservative Delegation recognises the vital importance of agri-environment schemes. However, for three major reasons, Conservatives voted in favour of rejecting the Commission’s proposal on voluntary modulation. Firstly, for British farmers, voluntary modulation would be anything but voluntary – they would be forced to accept a cut of up to 20 % of the value of their single farm payment, while the rest of Europe’s farmers would not. Had Tony Blair negotiated a better EU Budget deal for the UK on rural development monies, our farmers would not be facing this bleak prospect. Secondly, the proposal that we are called to vote on is, in any case, unacceptable to the British Government itself because it does not allow for regionalisation, it restricts the Government’s freedom in deciding spending priorities and it maintains a franchise unsuitable to the UK’s farming structure. Labour MEPs did not move a single amendment to bring the proposal more into line with their Government’s wishes! Finally, Commissioner Fischer Boel’s most recent statements suggest that Parliament’s overwhelming opposition to the proposal cannot be totally ignored and that some form of compromise may emerge. We sincerely hope that this is to the benefit of British farmers."@en1
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