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FOLLOWING ARE RELEVANT EXTRACTS FROM MY DRAFT STATEMENT. FOR THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ET NO ON 4 JUNE:- TURNING TO THE CAP, 1 WANT TO CON THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEMS AND OUR BROAD OBJECTIVES, RATHCOTMAN TO ELABORATE DETAILED PROPOSALS, WHICH CAN BE DETTI 700K BY MR PEART IN THE COUNCIL OF MARI CULTURAL MINISTERS.

ICE AND AVAILABILITY

LET HE SAY AT ONCE THAT I AM LAT SEENING TO BELITTLE WHAT THE

CAP HAS ACHIEVED FOR EUROPEAN 40P/CULTURE : NOR SEEKING TO OVERTHROW IT. I ACCEPT THAT IT HAS ENGHT BENEFITS TO FARMERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT IT CAN PRE

PROVIDE AN ASSURANCE OF SUPPLIES. AT KNOWN PRICES IN A MORLD WHERE MON CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE, BUT WE EVEN WHERE THESÀ HAVE BEEN DUI AGRICULTURE, SUCH AS THE COMPLEXITY OF THE AVENUE, LUTA REQUIRED BY PARITY GUALCES THAN THE CANUDITY, FAI CONVINCED THAT THE FUTURE SHOTELLS OF WIT CAP DEPENDS ON

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PRODLENG ME FACE TODAY, IN PARTICULAR THE WORLDWIDE PROBLEM OF INFLATION. A NUMBER OF THE POINTS VL WISH TO PURSUE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COMMESSICES PROPOSALS FOR THE REVIEW OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY,

I CAN SET OUT THE MAJOR ARHICH WE THINK

IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE SECURED IN 1 MOH INTEREST UNDER

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1. FIRST, WE THINK THE COST OF THE QV MUST BE REDUCED IN REAL TERMS. THIS CALLS FOR THE ESTA ENSUPENT OF FIRM CRITERIA ON

MICH PRICE POLICY IS BASED. A OR THE MORE FLEXIBLE AND

ECONOMIC OPERATION OF SUPPORT CHANIE'S TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE

POLICY. I HAVE NO WISH TO SC

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TO UNREALISTIC LEVELS. OUR ALT ** WN THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE

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