Another $50 million that someone talked about to increase the marketing of our products abroad was put in over two years to do exactly that, to market our products and to try to get away from having all our eggs in one basket, such as the U.S. market, and try to expand it.

84. Insists that, to complement market measures, there is an urgent need to strengthen the position of primary producers within the food-supply chain through a range of actions to address transparency, contractual relationships and unfair commercial practices; takes the view that possible adjustments to competition rules should also be investigated to allow primary producer organisations to become more efficient and grow in size where needed, equipping them with improved negotiating power to stand up to major retailers and processors; in this context, believes that the appointment of national Ombudsmen and/or a European Ombudsman shoul ...[+++]d be considered with a view to solving disputes within the food-supply chain;

82. Insists that, to complement market measures, there is an urgent need to strengthen the position of primary producers within the food-supply chain through a range of actions to address transparency, contractual relationships and unfair commercial practices; takes the view that possible adjustments to competition rules should also be investigated to allow primary producer organisations to become more efficient and grow in size where needed, equipping them with improved negotiating power to stand up to major retailers and processors; in this context, believes that the appointment of national Ombudsmen and/or a European Ombudsman shoul ...[+++]d be considered with a view to solving disputes within the food-supply chain;

He might like to tell the employees of those factories that they are just acting as European colonisers in trying to enlarge the export market share of the product they are manufacturing, when if China introduces barriers which prevent them from exporting what they are manufacturing it is their jobs which are at stake.

I am not interested in seeing the enlargement of Europe simply in order to see a larger market.

Deepening regional integration, breaking down barriers to neighbours and creating larger markets are crucial steps if these countries are to stimulate the necessary investments and productivity improvements that will drive their development.