Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-01-17-Speech-1-251-000"

Predicate	Value (sorted: none)
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:spokenAs	member; IMCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Pilsoniskā Savienība (2009-07-14--2013-03-24)3
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Japan (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AGRI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"European agriculture is one of the Union’s strategically most important sectors, as it provides more than 500 million people with their food supply. So that European agricultural policy may carry out its most important task, namely, to provide Europe’s population with healthy and good quality food at reasonable prices, while ensuring an adequate income for farmers, it must be competitive in the global market and there must be a guarantee of fair competition in Europe’s internal market. Hence, what we must achieve with CAP reform is a level playing field for all Europe’s farmers. EU Member States have not encountered food security problems. Nevertheless, such risks will exist in the future, and we have to react accordingly, before that occurs. We must take into account that farmers are already having to work for minimal incomes or even at a loss, and this has an adverse effect on their ability to maintain production. It is also a fact that natural disasters affect food prices in the shops and hence, how available food is to people. We must acknowledge the strategic importance of agriculture in the European Union and do all we can to ensure that in the future, the people of Europe will not have to experience food shortages as a result of the failure of EU politicians and governments to have spotted the risks in time and to avert them. The recognition of agriculture as a strategically important sector for food security is an important step towards avoiding food security issues in the future."@en1
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security (short presentation)2
dcterms:Language	"lv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110117.21.1-251-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-01-17-Speech-1-252-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Sandra Kalniete2

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