Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-22-Speech-2-259"
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"Mr President, it is not so long ago that the European Union’s main concern was the overproduction of food, and our debates were mainly concentrated on how to produce less. Separating subsidies off from production, eliminating export premiums and maintaining production quotas all helped to restrict the potential of European agriculture.
Reality verified this policy. The first signs of a food crisis have appeared more rapidly than anyone could have expected. Foodstuffs are becoming more expensive, we have less and less food of our own, and imports are becoming increasingly expensive and increasingly less secure. These are in large measure the consequences of that policy, which is based on persuading agriculture to produce less.
We must radically alter our approach to agricultural policy. We must recognise that agriculture is one of the pillars of European security. Alongside physical security and energy security, food security is a fundamental security pillar that is important for both peoples and states and for every individual. Let us stop playing around with agriculture. Let us recognise it as a pillar of our security, and let us follow that up by supporting it so that Europe’s food security is assured, and so that food is accessible to all."@en1
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