10
May
2023
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The role of farmers as enablers of the green transition and a resilient agricultural sector (continuation of debate)
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! It looks like a piece from the Tollhaus. We are in the midst of humanity's greatest crisis, the twin crisis of climate change and species extinction. The scientific community agrees on how rare it is. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the World Biodiversity Council, the World Food Organisation and the United Nations all urge action to preserve our food security. To do this, we need effective measures to stop the collapse of ecosystems and insect populations, because without clean water, fertile soils, living pollinators, there will be no future for our agriculture and food. And now the Union faction is seriously proposing to put an end to the two key legislative proposals we need for this – the Pesticides Ordinance and the Nature Savings Act, the Restoration Act. The pressure on our ecosystems is higher than ever. How much must one close one's eyes to reality in order not to realize that droughts, insect deaths, declines in soil fertility will first and foremost affect our farmers? How irresponsible is it to set the mood with populist falsehoods while the future of food security is at stake? Dear EPP, remember, come back to the bottom of the facts! Work constructively on solutions! No nature, no farmers, no food.