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Call for redistribution of CAP budget Print E-mail
Wednesday, 12 March 2008

Labour MEP David Martin has said he will today back calls for the redistribution of the Common Agricultural Policy budget in a debate in the European Parliament. 

He said: "Labour MEPs would like to see a reduction in the amount of money paid to farmers as a subsidy. The EU's agricultural policy has to move away from protectionism and market-distorting subsidies."

"The EU must respond to the needs of the consumer, with more focus on protecting and enhancing our rural environment and supporting farmers in producing food that is safe and of high quality."

Martin, Labour’s spokesperson on international trade, added: "What we should be aiming for are further changes to the CAP to take into account the impact that European agricultural policy has on developing countries. We should be supporting efficient and sustainable farming within the EU whilst ensuring that developing countries can also trade with us."

He said that for a long time EU protectionist policies have had a negative impact on some of the poorest countries in the world, restricting their access to the European market and resulting in subsidised competition in their own domestic markets.

Labour MEPs want more money to go to rural development, including farming diversication, and think that the EU's agricultural policy should be geared towards meeting the social and economic challenges facing rural communities, and about meeting the concerns of the public at large, with an emphasis on environmental protection.
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