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"en.20120329.3.4-040-000"2
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"Six months ago, we discussed the ‘Food for Free’ programme in Parliament. It was unacceptable to have a properly functioning programme blocked by a group of states. The programme is perhaps more important today than at any time in the past. Food stocks are at an all-time low, the number of deprived people has risen due to the crisis – and I am afraid it will grow further – and food prices are also rising to dizzying heights. The programme must therefore be strengthened and its budget increased. The Commission, after all, suggested the same thing. Food is now harder to obtain from surplus stocks than at the start of the programme. It now has to be purchased on the open market, which is understandably more expensive. I am pleased that, thanks in part to the European Parliament, the dispute over the continuation of the programme has been resolved. Member States have received guarantees that the programme will be efficient and that as much money as possible will go towards purchasing food, and as little as possible towards related expenditure such as distribution and administration. The example from Slovakia shows that the distribution of flour was not entirely without problems, although this is not a reason to suspend the programmes but to make it more efficient. It is important for the programme to be further legitimised and popularised, as it is only in force for two years in its current form. A decision will then be taken on it again. I would hate to see a repeat of what happened last year."@en1
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