Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-25-Speech-2-039"
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"Madam President, Commissioner, I understand very well that sugar quotas need to be cut further and I am in favour of it. I also understand, in the light of the figures we have, that the previous reform did not succeed.
This issue, however, is how this future reform is to be implemented. It should be fair to all Member States, and if we consider it from the viewpoint of my country, Finland, for example, there were two sugar factories in the country, and the previous cut in quotas, a reduction in practice of 40%, led to one of them shutting down. If there were to be another cut of 13% under this reform, that would mean in the worst case scenario that all sugar production would end in Finland, because both factories would have had to close.
This is obviously an unfair situation for Finnish sugar growers and Finnish industry. That is why I support the amendment which my colleague, Mr Fajmon, has tabled and which states that this proposal should not apply in any way to Member States whose quotas have already been cut by more than 20% unless they themselves then decide otherwise.
I would hope that the Commissioner also understands the situation small countries are in. In Finland, while we are now discussing the subject of cuts in aid to the south of the country under Article 141 of the Accession Treaty, the rural population’s belief in the European Union is very weak. There needs to be some glimmer of hope, and above all these reforms have to be carried out fairly, so that all Member States get treated the same way."@en1
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