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"Madam President, as a Scot and a fellow Celt, can I congratulate Ireland on taking over the Presidency once again. Taoiseach, I am sure I do not have to tell you, but there is a huge weight of expectation bearing down on your shoulders. We have high hopes for your Presidency across a whole range of policy areas.
I want to say a few words about CAP reform because it is very important – speaking as a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development – that we make progress on that. Taoiseach, you have set out a very ambitious timetable of concluding an agreement between the institutions by the end of your Presidency and I welcome that ambition. Next week with a bit of luck – a lot of luck, indeed – the Agriculture Committee here in Parliament will vote through our compromises and we stand ready to begin negotiations with the Council, subject to an agreement by this House in the plenary at the beginning of March.
But one of the big stumbling blocks to progress is the lack of agreement between farm ministers. It is vital that your Presidency gets a grip of the Council and pushes them hard to reach an agreement by mid-March, otherwise your timetable will be blown off course.
Taoiseach, I am sure I speak for all of my MEP colleagues when I say we look forward to working with you and we look forward to delivering your ambitious timetable and programme."@en1
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