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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-11-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation for the WTO conference2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051130.10.3-060"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-11-30-Speech-3-0612
lpv:speaker	lp:Albert Jan Maat2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-04-09)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2007-04-09)3,3 substitute; BUDG (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; DROI (2004-09-28--2007-01-14)3,3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (2004-07-20--2007-04-09)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-20--2007-03-14)3,3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I am surprised at the noises I hear in this debate, coming, in particular, from the Left in this Chamber, to the effect that the agricultural policy must be further liberalised and that Europe should give away far more. At the same time, though, it is these very groups – namely the Group of the Greens and also to some extent the Socialist Group – which, when we were debating animal welfare, the environment and a number of other demands on European agriculture, were the first to call for the imposition of additional requirements. Everything comes at a price and that is nothing to do with fair trade; if you impose a high European standard in the field of food safety, the environment and animal welfare, and subsequently throw open the borders under the banner of free trade under very different conditions, then that is anything but fair free trade. People in this House should realise that at present, 80% of the food exported from Africa is headed for the European Union. So why is it said that Europe does nothing for the developing countries? Why? Does that also apply to the British Presidency? The British agenda, namely fresh reforms in European agriculture, will not become the agenda for the Hong Kong negotiations. We have achieved a far-reaching reform programme for European agriculture in 2003. That is quite enough. We have done more than any other trade bloc in the world and I expect our British negotiator, Mr Mandelson, to stand up for the European continent as well as for those reforms, for those decisions that have been taken and not one step further. He should equally ensure that world trade is conducted fairly under fair conditions – and that includes agriculture. This is the sort of thing we can expect of a negotiator, so it is better not to have an agreement at all than to have a flawed one."@en1

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