Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-11-18-Speech-2-052"

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dcterms:Date	"2008-11-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Support schemes for farmers under the CAP - Modifications to the common agricultural policy - Support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development - Community strategic guidelines for rural development (2007 to 2013) (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20081118.4.2-052"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-11-18-Speech-2-0532
lpv:speaker	lp:Ioannis Gklavakis2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I should like to congratulate Mr Capoulas Santos on his very fine report and I should also like to thank the coordinator and shadow rapporteur, Mr Goepel. I shall comment briefly on three points: first and foremost, as far as we are concerned, the existing tobacco aid scheme should be maintained until 2013 and 50% of financing should be kept under the first pillar and not transferred to the second pillar. I think this is both unfair and unjust. Why do I think this? Because you only want to apply it to tobacco. Secondly, I think this will be catastrophic for over half a million families, especially in my country, where most are poor, small-scale tobacco farmers who will abandon their farms and move to the large towns, which is extremely dangerous for the environment and the countryside. I should like to clarify something here. We are all against smoking, but we must not confuse two things: for as long as people in Europe smoke cigarettes and the European industry needs tobacco, it makes more sense for us to produce it than to import it. Secondly, it also makes sense to maintain the existing special entitlements scheme, especially for special fodder rights. Thirdly, I am against the minimum thresholds for granting direct aid proposed by the Commission, whereby the Commission says that anyone receiving less than EUR 250 a year or cultivating less than one hectare a year should not be financed. For goodness sake, the European Union wants to support both large and small producers. We need them all, but most of all we need small-scale farmers. This being so, I call for this to be revised and for aid to be granted to farmers, however small their farms may be."@en1
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