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"I voted for this resolution to support particularly paragraphs 16 and 35 that call for the developed world to clamp down on agricultural subsidies.
The call by French agriculture minister, Michel Barnier, for Europe to establish a food security plan and resist further cuts in Europe’s agriculture budget is ill-thought out. After serving on the Parliament’s Budget Committee for eight years, where I became well-versed in the anomalies of the CAP, I believe such a move would be counterproductive. It would raise world food prices at a time of crisis and do nothing for the long-term health of European agriculture.
France will soon take over the EU Presidency, and a review of the EU budget is overdue. President Sarkozy must grasp the opportunity to begin real reform of the agricultural subsidies within the CAP and allow the EU to fulfil its responsibilities to the developing world.
The UK Government, on the other hand, was right to call for a trade deal to allow poorer countries greater access to developed world markets. This could help the world’s 100 million people in poor countries who would otherwise be pushed deeper into poverty. However, more must still be done at EU level."@en1
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