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"en.20080422.49.2-273"2
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"Mr President, the increase in the global population and the qualitative increase in consumption in developed countries has led to a major hike in food prices. This could have been foreseen. We should not be shocked by this. This problem can only grow, as population numbers will continue to increase and people in developed countries will be looking for good food with no genetic contamination, which will clearly cost significantly more.
Meanwhile, instead of asking ourselves how we can bring down food prices in the EU, we are subsidising expensive agriculture in the old countries, while in the new accession countries we are supporting the cheaper production of healthy foods only to a limited extent, and this is obviously going to restrict any growth in production in these countries. Europe is faced with a great opportunity to level the negative foreign trade balance with such countries as China and India, as the standard of living in these countries is steadily rising and population numbers are rising hand over fist. They are going to need a lot more food."@en1
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