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Viewing cable 07LISBON2477, EU AG MINISTERS DISCUSS FOOD SECURITY, HEALTH

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07LISBON2477 2007-09-24 11:55 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Lisbon
VZCZCXRO2398
RR RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLZ RUEHPOD RUEHROV
DE RUEHLI #2477/01 2671155
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 241155Z SEP 07
FM AMEMBASSY LISBON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6288
INFO RUCNMUC/EU CANDIDATE STATES COLLECTIVE
RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 LISBON 002477 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
PLEASE PASS TO AGRICULTURE ATTACHES 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAGR ECON TBIO EUN
SUBJECT: EU AG MINISTERS DISCUSS FOOD SECURITY, HEALTH 
CHECK, WINE REFORM 
 
REF: LISBON 2171 
 
LISBON 00002477  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
 Summary 
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1.  (U)  Food security, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 
Reform Health Check, and wine reform dominated the September 
16-18 Informal EU Agricultural Ministerial agenda in Porto, 
Portugal.  Portugal's Agriculture Minister Jaime Silva also 
welcomed debate on the EU's transgenic crop policy to clarify 
prevailing misconceptions. 
 
Food Security a Top Priority 
------------------ 
2.  (U)  Portugal's Minister of Agriculture, Rural 
Development and Fisheries Jaime Silva, who hosted the EU's 27 
agricultural ministers, noted that food security (vice food 
safety) dominated the September 16-18 informal gathering in 
Porto.  Europe's efforts to provide food security to its 
citizens were complicated by the ever-growing exodus of 
farmers from rural areas.  Post-2013 rural development would 
be even more important, he noted, as Pillar I funds shifted 
to Pillar II.  Climate change and desertification presented 
additional challenges.  He underscored the need to focus 
efforts on the food industry as a whole, not on individual 
segments, and to locate food processing centers near food 
production.  He further underscored the importance of rural 
development within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and 
the need to maintain and deepen reforms begun in 2003.  He 
acknowledged that farmers were asking for new CAP reforms 
that would provide stability and predictability. 
 
Health Check Appropriate and Well-Timed 
----------------- 
3.  (U) Further to the dialogue on food security, Silva noted 
that 2003 CAP reforms needed to continue in an ambitious way, 
particularly since CAP Health Check discussions were due to 
begin in November.  Silva commented that EU Agriculture and 
Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Fischer-Boel had 
launched the Health Check at the appropriate time.  He 
praised her courage to check if EU farm reform policy was 
accomplishing what it set out to do and to ascertain how 
Europe could meet the challenges of the 21st century. 
Fischer-Boel added that she was pleasantly surprised by 
French President Sarkozy's recent comments, noting that the 
Health Check fit nicely with his message against standing 
still and providing farmers with stability.  Having received 
the green light to proceed with the Health Check the week 
before the informal gathering, Fischer-Boel planned to 
present the paper in November and the legal proposal in May 
2008.  She expected to  finalize the Health Check next year. 
She was surprised by the many detailed questions from the 
media regarding content, noting that the proposal had not 
even been written yet.  She further underscored that the 
Health Check needed to be WTO compliant. 
 
Wine Reform Necessary to Remain Competitive 
---------------- 
4.  (U) Portugal's Douro Valley, famous for its Port wine, 
provided the backdrop for discussions on wine reform and 
geographic indicators.  Fischer-Boel noted that in 2006 all 
member-states had agreed wine reform was necessary to bolster 
EU competitiveness.  Although still the world leader in wine 
exports, the EU was losing its competitive edge, both 
internationally and internally, Silva said.  Wine reform must 
not only focus on quality, he commented, but also on 
environmental sustainability and employment.  Fischer-Boel 
added that, despite claims to the contrary, she had not cut 
the European Commission's 1.3 billion euro wine sector 
budget.  However, she did note that funds could be better 
utilized and that she had reallocated a half-billion euros 
for distillation and 120 million euros for wine promotion. 
 
Misinformation Dominates Transgenic Debate 
--------- 
5.  (U) Acknowledging the two dozen anti-transgenic crop 
protestors outside the conference, Silva commented that there 
was a lot of misinformation about the issue.  Most people did 
not understand that the EU had very stringent biotech laws 
based on food safety and scientific testing, he said.  He 
welcomed the opportunity for further discussion.  Post notes 
that in late August, Silva publicly defended the right of 
farmers to plant EFSA approved transgenic crops after 
activists destroyed transgenic acreage in the south of 
Portugal (reftel). (Comment: Most protestors reportedly came 
from outside Portugal. End Comment.) 
 
Comment 
 
LISBON 00002477  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
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6.  (SBU) Minister Silva told visiting Ag Attache and Charge 
in late August that he hoped to steer discussion of CAP 
reform toward the creation of a system based on subsidy that 
was related to output and commodity price as opposed to the 
current system of unpegged subsidies.  As subsidies were 
mentioned in passing during the press conferences, it is 
unclear how much progress was made towards this end. 
Hoffman