Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-29-Speech-3-050"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-05-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Common fisheries policy2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020529.5.3-050"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-29-Speech-3-0512
lpv:speaker	lp:Albert Jan Maat2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-02-21--2002-12-17)3 vice-chair; AGRI (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Commissioner stated that it is only possible to practise sound politics if clear goals are set. This is the kind of language I can identify with. He also indicated that the fisheries policy must aim to strike a balance between economic, ecological and social conditions. But what is crucial is that there will not be a fisheries policy at all if there are little or no fish stocks. Some stocks have experienced a dramatic decline. We must acknowledge this, and this means that measures must be taken. The multi-annual guidance programme has failed. Given the current situation, we cannot continue to grant premiums for new constructions in the shipbuilding industry. I subscribe to this approach and this clear stance. I also subscribe to the Commissioner’s view that quota control must be stricter. This is the Achilles’ heel of the European fisheries policy. This control must be stricter, and I hope that we can sum up the courage as a Parliament to tighten this control by making sufficient financial means available for this purpose. I also hope that we can summon the courage to implement the fisheries policy by considering each fish stock situation individually and tailoring our fleet and quota policy to these accordingly. We should call an end to cattle-market-style wheeling and dealing among Member States with regard to the way in which the quota is handled from year to year, and I applaud the fact that we might be moving towards a multi-annual system for quotas. I do believe that painful measures should go hand in hand with adequate financing measures. It is not acceptable for one Member State to support the social programme by means of co-financing and not the other. Ideally, when implementing these measures, I would like to see co-financing abandoned and replaced by direct financing by the European Union. I have another critical comment in this regard. It is insufficiently clear to what extent Member States with no access to the North Sea and no quota at present will have this in future. Surely it would make no sense if a number of Member States around the North Sea were to be heavily affected by the shrinking fishing fleet, while other Member States were given access. This does not add up. You cannot turn the tap off at one location, only to open it at another."@en1

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