Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-02-19-Speech-2-197"
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"It is with regret that I listened to the debate on the future of Europe and heard the Swedish Prime Minister question the agriculture budget in the EU.
If this is a debate about the future, then it seems to be bogged down in the past. It is worth pointing out that the CAP was one of the foundation policies of the EU. It provided food to feed a hungry Europe and has evolved and changed over the last 50 years in line with political and public pressure for change.
Today the CAP is not the biggest item of spending in the EU budget. Yet I believe that spending on agriculture and food production is money well spent in a world where food security is now very much on the political agenda.
Looking to the future and the ratification of the Reform Treaty, it is important to tell people what the Treaty is about and what it is not about!
In Ireland we are holding a referendum on the Treaty which will, if passed, give an enhanced role and power to national parliaments in EU law-making.
This is an important provision, but elected members of parliaments must use this new power."@en1
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