However, we cannot accept the idea that the Commission should acquire these quotas;
such a step would mark the beginning of the death of a centuries-old activity, and lead to the relocation of first-processing companies, the loss of a crop in the cultivation of which Europeans have proved outstanding, and soaring unemployment, the costs whereof must be objectively established and c
alculated, so as to hammer home the fact that 'well-intentioned' measures can, without achieving their intended effects, cause huge and irreparable social,
...[+++] political and economic damage, flatly contradicting the Commission's good intentions as regards rural development.On pourra ainsi prendre conscience du fait que les "bonnes intentions", sans atteindre les objectifs recherchés, c'est-à-dire le développement rural prôné par la Commission, peuvent au contraire causer des ravages économiques, politiques et sociaux considérables et irréversibles.
