Vi har stemt imod Daul-betænkningen om at fjerne 3% fra tilskuddet til råtobak i 2004 for at finansiere Fællesskabets tobaksfond, fordi denne tilbageholdelse af støtte vil reducere de fattige tobaksproducenters i forvejen beskedne indtægt endnu mere, især i Grækenland, med det formål at fremme forskning i, hvordan man får tobaksproducenterne til at søge andre afgrøder eller erhverv.
I voted in favour of this report because I believe that account must be taken of the special circumstances and needs of this beautiful Portuguese island region – the Autonomous Region of the Azores – where the milk sector plays a crucially important role. The process of stabilising the milk and dairy products market must be achieved whilst ensuring that Azorean farmers have a reasonable amount of time in which to adapt to the constraints imposed by the regulatory instruments and that their traditions and way of life are respected, in a broad framework of understanding for the specific problems arising from their location in an outlying region.