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"Mr President, first of all I would like to thank all those who took part in the debate: those who were very constructive and those who were less constructive. I take all the points of view on board, but I think I can simply say we have got the best deal that was possible at the time.
Milk quotas have been with us for thirty years. They have done a tremendous job throughout the whole of the European Union during that time, and let us hope that this new package will do an even better job. That is what my hope would be.
I share the concerns of those who come from disadvantaged areas and from mountainous regions; those are the areas which I think could be seriously affected by this move. It is for that reason we have enshrined in this report that the Commission will report by 2018. I will bring to the next coordinators’ meeting of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development the proposal that next year the Committee on Agriculture will consider doing an own-initiative report on the effects of milk quotas going away and maybe hurting those particular areas.
Can I also deal with one other point and that is the ‘soft landing’ part raised by Mairead McGuinness and Esther De Lange. I had two amendments – one from each of them – that I kept to the very last moment, and I can assure them that if I could have done anything about it I would. However, it was not within the realms of the possible. One of the difficulties when you make a piece of legislation is that you cannot put everything into legislation, and that is something this House has got to get used to as we go into the reform package.
Can I leave you with one particular appeal: we have set out here the rules for the producer and for the processer, but the elephant in the room is not here and we have no law over him and that is the retailer. Until we deal in this House with the retailer there will be problems not just for milk but for other areas.
Can I also leave with this appeal to the producers and to the processers: to work together, to cooperate and give strength between you. Then I believe there will be a good future for the dairy sector throughout the whole of Europe."@en1
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