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"Mr President, I had not intended speaking in this debate, but just want to make three points:
First, looked at objectively, the fact that farmers in Europe have to pay a EUR 56 million super-levy, when Europe as a whole is under quota, makes absolutely no sense. What does it say about solidarity? What does it say about the single market? Certainly it does not say much for political decision-making.
Secondly, the decision has been made to abolish quotas post-2015. That should not be changed. We have the same carry-on with the sugar beet quota, trying to change that abolition as well. It takes a long time, particularly for dairy farmers, to plan for expansion into the future, and those already planning need the certainty that there will be no change in those decisions.
Thirdly, the world population is seven billion as of now, and expected to rise to nine billion over the next 20 or 30 years. With the same amount of land and more food needed, this is an opportunity for farmers to expand. As my colleague Mrs McGuinness said, are we going to leave it all to New Zealand and the US and disadvantage our own farmers? It makes no sense whatsoever."@en1
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