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"Madam President, Commissioner, our farmers are being squeezed between ever-rising input prices, on the one hand, and very tough competitive market conditions for agricultural commodities, on the other. Faced with this problem, the Commission has two options. They should be reluctant to regulate markets – that is usually heavy-handed and rarely effective – but they should offer encouragement and support to the industry by indicating best practice on all sides.
There are three things you can do here, Commissioner. Firstly, you should encourage farmers to cooperate with one another: by working together, they can exploit their strengths to buy inputs better, process production better and thereby add value. You can empower farmers by ensuring that there is transparent market information always available; and you can enable farmers by amending competition law, promoting codes of conduct, illustrating best practice and simplifying the common agricultural policy.
I am disappointed that the Commissioner’s proposals for CAP reform fail to recognise adequately the strategic importance of a viable, competitive agricultural sector. How fortunate the Commissioner is that he has José Bové here today to offer him sound practical advice. It is a good report, José. Thank you."@en1
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