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"en.20131209.18.1-038-000"2
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"Mr President, UKIP have forced a vote on the second reading by virtue of tabling the only amendment. We are concerned at the intimidation of Gibraltarians by the Spanish Government and wish to remind all parties that Gibraltar never opted into the common fisheries policy, making it permanently free from EU interference.
Leave Gibraltar Alone is the polite title of our amendment. At first reading we were astonished to witness the Conservatives voting against the repatriation of our UK fishing waters when given this golden opportunity. They have been banging on about repatriation of fishing waters for years; so what is going on here?
At the other end of the Mediterranean we have Greece – and I am not insulting anybody, I am only looking at the fact that Greece is due to take over the rotating Presidency next month. In a recent study on the profitability of the EU fishing fleet all Member States were invited to submit data. Some submitted more than others, but Greece submitted nothing whatsoever, despite the fact that the Greek Commissioner actually holds the fisheries portfolio.
The study did receive enough data, however, to declare that Slovenia, Germany, Ireland and Finland are running their fisheries at a net loss despite the subsidies received. Greece may or may not be in a similar position; without the data we just do not know. If we add the acknowledged environmental damage created by the overzealous search for fish we have to ask: what is the point of the CFP?"@en1
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