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"Mr President, Mr Sawicki, Mr Cioloş, ladies and gentlemen, the food aid distribution programme for citizens at risk of poverty represents an extraordinarily important tool to sustain the most underprivileged in our society, an instrument that has been a success for the common agricultural policy in recent years and which enables the Union to distribute 440 000 tonnes of free food each year to over 18 million poor people and families in difficulty.
This number unfortunately includes many children and looks set to rise at a time when access to food is defined as a fundamental right. We therefore cannot but express incomprehension and opposition when faced with the blocking minority in favour of cutting aid which has emerged within the Council of Ministers for Agriculture.
We are aware of the Court of Justice’s ruling and we will work to ensure that from 2013 there will be a text which will, of course, take account of the Court’s comments, but we certainly cannot allow this programme to be interrupted. I believe that, while Europe is today discussing a EUR 500 million programme of aid to its internal population, in the United States for over 40 years the US ‘Fair Deal’ law has been providing aid to the US population with a programme worth more than USD 20 billion.
I would therefore argue that we must all redouble our efforts and in this respect I would like to thank the Polish Presidency and Mr Sawicki, and to commend Mr Cioloş, who has taken this matter to heart with courage and determination. We must find a solution."@en1
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