XL - Eiropas Parlaments - Europa

92 16-02-2011
Milyen büszkeség lenne a magyar emberek számára, hogyha a magyar elnökség számára ennek a kérdésnek, az élelmiszer
spekulációnak a megoldása prioritás lenne. Kérdezem a magyar elnökség itt jelenlévő képviselőjét, hogy esetleg
számíthatunk-e erre, és kérdezem Cioloş urat az Európa Unió mezőgazdasági biztosát, hogy milyen megoldást lát az
élelmiszerrel kapcsolatos spekulációkra.
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Gay Mitchell (PPE). – Madam President, in developed countries the average household spends 10% to 20% of its income
on food, whereas in developing countries the figure is generally as high as 80%. This underlines the dreadful consequences
for those suffering countries. We must respond and we must continue responding until they stand on their own feet.
In December 2008 this Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of my report on the EUR 1 billion food facility to
provide financial aid to developing countries in light of soaring food prices at that time. The purpose of this facility was to
respond to those soaring prices, the causes of which were mainly, though not exclusively, droughts in grain-producing
countries and rising oil prices. The situation remains extremely volatile, affecting producers and consumers in both the EU
and developing countries.
We must learn how to cooperate with other countries such as Thailand. In the region, Thailand is a major producer of food,
yet when some of its neighbours like Burma and Vietnam were in poverty and running out of food, we did not accept
Thailand’s offer to cooperate with us and act as our agent in the region. We have to learn how to do that. We must ensure a
quick transition to stability in North Africa. We must ensure that aid is delivered to regions hit by unforeseen natural
disasters such as Haiti and Pakistan, and in this regard we must continue to mobilise the reserve for emergency aid,
allowing the EU to respond promptly to specific aid needs arising from such events.
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Kader Arif (S&D). – Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, permettez-moi d'abord de regretter qu'il faille une crise en
Europe pour susciter le débat que nous avons aujourd'hui et la résolution que nous voterons demain.
Pas plus tard que l'année dernière, lorsque les pays en développement se soulevaient dans ce qu'on a appelé les "émeutes
de la faim", l'Europe n'a proposé que des réponses d'urgence, c'est–à–dire l'envoi de semis et d'engrais. Comme si le
problème n'était que conjoncturel alors que nous alertons depuis longtemps sur les problèmes structurels. Une PAC qui
manque d'instruments efficaces de régulation parce que la majorité libérale considère toujours que rien ne doit entraver le
marché. Une spéculation généralisée sur les produits agricoles, économiquement déstabilisatrice et moralement
inacceptable, des pays en développement prisonniers de monocultures d'exportation avec une Europe qui n'est pas à leur
côté et qui ne consacre que 4 % de son aide au développement au secteur agricole.
Avec cette résolution, l'ensemble de ce Parlement reconnaît enfin que le droit à l'alimentation est un droit humain
fondamental, qu'il n'est pas acceptable que la faim des uns soit exploitée au profit des autres, que la régulation est
indispensable pour assurer la stabilité des prix ou encore que les accords commerciaux doivent préserver les petites
exploitations agricoles et le droit à l'alimentation.
Le Parlement délivre aujourd'hui un message clair, c'est à la Commission et au Conseil de le traduire.
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Nirj Deva (ECR). – Madam President, by the time I sit down, 16 people will have died of starvation. That is about the
size of that part of the Chamber over there. Every day 36 000 people die of starvation around the world because they do
not have enough food to eat.
The European Union was self-sufficient in food until recently. Now it is importing food. It is actually taking food away
from the poorest people’s mouths. I am told that the EU is importing from the rest of the world an amount of food that
would take about 35 million hectares of land to grow. We should be self-sufficient in food, and we should help the
developing countries to be self-sufficient in food.
There is an answer to all this. In the 1960s in India, there was a revolution in green agriculture under Professor Borlaug.
People said that India would starve. India did not starve. Brazil is now self-sufficient in food. We can do it if we have the
will.
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João Ferreira (GUE/NGL). – Sra. Presidente, três anos depois da crise de 2008, o mundo está à beira de uma nova crise
alimentar. Para a travarmos, temos que olhar para as suas causas e atacá-las.
Olhar para as políticas agrícolas e comerciais que destroem a pequena e a média agricultura, que fomentam modelos de
produção intensiva de cariz exportador e, por essa via, ameaçam a segurança e soberania alimentares, como é o caso da
PAC. Olhar para o aumento tendencial do preço do petróleo e para a elevada dependência da actividade agrícola desta
matéria-prima, dependência que há que atenuar. Olhar para o enorme poder das multinacionais do agronegócio que detêm