Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-03-11-Speech-2-255"
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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are among those who believe in and defend the continuation of the CAP even after 2012.
We feel that this report is a step in the right direction, but we cannot accept that the full decoupling of aid should not allow for the possibility of maintaining a partial coupling of aid for some specific sectors, to prevent the complete abandonment of production. There are, in fact, whole sectors, such as the tobacco sector, that would disappear with the application of full decoupling, creating unemployment and various economic and environmental problems in particularly disadvantaged areas.
We consider the progressive modulation of aid rather an excessive and probably counterproductive measure if the objective is still to safeguard European agricultural production. We recognise the importance of rural development, but we feel this cannot be achieved at the expense of the first pillar of the CAP.
Furthermore, it is necessary to continue to implement policies to support individual common organisations of the markets where this is necessary. Mr President, Commissioner, the European Union needs a common agricultural policy that manages to…"@en1
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